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Dutch municipalities team up for a more sustainable health sector
The Green Deal Eindhoven 2.0/MRE is being developed collaboratively by a number of regional health institutions and municipalities, the city of Eindhoven stated in a press release. The goal is to improve the environmental performance of healthcare institutions by saving energy, dealing with waste and water more efficiently, and combating food waste, among other things.
Alderman Rik Thijs, chairman of Green Deal Zorg, stated: “Through this collaboration, institutions share their expertise on tackling the theme of sustainability in their own business operations. Moreover, the approach is coordinated.”
“We hope that more municipalities in our region will join, because then the healthcare institutions in these municipalities can also join the Green Deal Zorg. And that is good for our environment,” he continued.
The Green Deal Eindhoven 2.0/MRE was signed by fourteen care providers together with municipalities, the Milieu Platform Zorgsector, the Southeast Brabant Environment Agency, the Brabant Development Agency, and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
Monitoring and evaluation takes an important place in this initiative, and the partners meet in between to exchange knowledge and expertise. Certain sustainability standards must be met by all healthcare facilities. In the coming years, competent authorities will come to monitor energy legislation and, if necessary, enforce it.
The municipalities which are taking part in this project are Best, Cranendonck, Eersel, Eindhoven, Geldrop-Mierlo, Heeze-Leende, Nuenen, Reusel-de Mierden, Son en Breugel, Valkenswaard, Veldhoven and Waalre. (photo credit: pch. vector/Freepik)
