South West London CCG Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21

In Autumn 2020 The NHS Net Zero Report was published. This report sets out what the NHS has achieved to date and describes the environmental impact of health services. It also describes the opportunities in the areas of estate and facilities, medicines, supply chain, travel and transport, food, catering and nutrition and research, innovation and offsetting. The NHS Net Zero report commits the NHS to becoming the world’s first net zero national health service with two core targets: • For the emissions we control directly (the NHS Carbon Footprint), we will reach net zero by 2040, with an ambition to reach an 80% reduction by 2028 to 2032. • For the emissions we can influence (our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus), we will reach net zero by 2045, with an ambition to reach an 80% reduction by 2036 to 2039. As we come out of the second wave, NHS England have stepped up their scrutiny of the progress made in this agenda in individual organizations and wider systems. We are now developing a South West London ICS Green Plan, and plan to launch a South West London Green Network made up of partner organisations and large local employers, like Transport for London, this year. Working from home The last year has seen most CCG staff working from home. The use of collaborative IT solutions has allowed us to deliver our corporate meetings virtually, which has reduced the need for travel between meeting locations which has provided environmental benefits. As the government relaxes the restrictions around Covid-19 we are planning to create more availability of office space to our teams. We will initially adopt a phased approach of allowing teams to come together in our Wimbledon office, with the opening of other office premises under review. We want to capitalise on the benefits of virtual meetings and maintain a ‘virtual by default’ approach to our main committee meetings, reducing the need for people to travel between meetings. We are now engaging with all our teams to find the right balance between working from home and working in the office, to create the most productive and environmentally friendly ways for our teams to work. Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 | 115