Resources

Guide

Sustainable Trials by Design

July 2026 | A structured, repeatable approach to measuring the carbon footprint of clinical trials

Guide

Assessing carbon emissions of clinical trials

July 2026 | A structured, repeatable approach to measuring the carbon footprint of clinical trials

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Climate footprint of industry-sponsored in-human clinical trials: life cycle assessments of clinical trials spanning multiple phases and disease areas

BMJ | Feb 2025 | "This study aims to calculate the global warming potential, in carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent emissions,...

Guide

Minimising waste in clinical trials

July 2026 | Protocol-level decisions have the greatest leverage on the volume of consumables, samples, and packaging a trial goes...

Guide

Minimise patient & staff travel in clinical trials

July 2026 | Every visit a trial requires is also a journey with a carbon cost. Redesigning where and how...

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Open Letter to Clinical Trial Community published by members of the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force

SMI | Feb 2025 "CEOs from AstraZeneca, GSK, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Sanofi and Roche have signed the letter"

Podcast

The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast

We sit down with the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition (SHC) to unpack what it really takes to decarbonize healthcare

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What is the carbon footprint of academic clinical trials? A study of hotspots in 10 trials

BMJ | Oct 2024 "Clinical trials are fundamental to healthcare, however, they also contribute to anthropogenic climate change.."

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Quantifying the carbon footprint of clinical trials: guidance development and case studies

BMJ | Jan 2024 "The urgency of the climate crisis requires attention from biomedical research, not least clinical trials which...

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A strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of clinical trials

The Lancet | July 2021 "Clinical trials need to be decarbonised and we propose a strategy for doing so."