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Ridgeway Go Green

By: Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust/Ridgeway Partnerships

The Green Group has been set up to implement the Sustainable Development Plan across the organisation.

The plan was created based on the NHS Sustainable Development Commission’s paper called "Are you a Good Corporate Citizen?".  It highlights the following areas: Transport, Procurement, Facilities Management, Employment & Skills and Community Engagement.

The organisation has sites throughout Oxfordshire, Swindon and Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire.
Head office is based in Oxford

To reduce "carbon footprint" and costs

Relies on internal staff at this stage
Some discussion with the Carbon Trust

29/02/2008
ongoing

Regular updates in Trust magazine

The "Are you a good corporate citizen" assessment model

Conflicting priorities of different workstreams

Chris Atkinson, Performance Manager, chris.atkinson@ridgeway.nhs.uk, 01865 228062