The growing demand for carbon accounting has driven a proliferation of carbon calculators enabling organisations to calculate their overall carbon footprint or wider environmental impact. Given the number of carbon calculators now available – some extending beyond carbon to other environmental impacts – this landscape review assesses 21 tools. The tools reviewed span eight levels of measurement across healthcare: care pathways, clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, products, healthcare organisations, clinical specialties, and project/service evaluation. Each tool is reviewed against a consistent set of criteria to understand how well the current landscape serves the range of users and use cases now demanding carbon and other data from the health sector.
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Decarbonising Clinical Trials at Novartis
Novartis has embedded environmental sustainability across the clinical trial lifecycle, from protocol design through to close-out. This case study explains the overall approach and provides details around three targeted initiatives (investigational medication distribution, reusable shipping boxes, and clinical sample management) which are delivering significant operational, environmental, and financial benefits.
