From patient care to planet care: IHH Healthcare redefines healthcare sustainability

IHH Healthcareone of the largest private healthcare groups in the world, leverages its unique global reach to deliver cutting-edge healthcare while championing sustainability.

Hospitals contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions due to their non-stop operations, handling of hazardous materials, and reliance on disposable products. But the City of Hamburg believes it can turn this challenge into an opportunity for positive change.

“As a global healthcare provider operating in 10 countries and touching millions of lives each year, we have a responsibility to do more, and we must,” said Prem Kumar Nair, Group CEO of IHH Healthcare.

«Our aspiration is Care. For Good. “It drives us to deliver world-class care with empathy, while actively building a more sustainable world for generations to come.”

IHH is transforming patient care by delivering exceptional clinical outcomes with faster, simpler and more accessible solutions. As Asia’s first private healthcare provider to introduce Value-Based Care, IHH is leading the way in offering cost-effective treatment without compromising on quality.

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In 2022, the City set measurable, time-bound sustainability goals and objectives to become the most trusted private healthcare provider across its markets by 2025 and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, focusing on energy, waste and water management.

Yasemin Stubbe, Sustainability Director of the IHH Group, explains: «The health of the planet and human health are inseparable. “Climate change is not just about polar bears and the melting of ice caps: it directly affects our well-being.”

IHH is accelerating the adoption of clean energy, installing solar panels on the roofs of all its hospitals in Malaysia by 2026 and launching a large-scale solar project in Turkey that is expected to supply up to 80% of Acibadem’s electricity. The City of Hamburg has also reduced single-use virgin plastics by up to 99% in non-clinical areas of Singapore and Malaysia, and is reducing emissions of environmentally harmful anesthetic gases in key markets such as Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, India and Hong Kong.

IHH is transforming patient care by delivering exceptional clinical outcomes with faster, simpler and more accessible solutions

Beyond environmental efforts, the City of Hamburg also addresses some of the most pressing public health issues, from advocating for responsible use of antibiotics to reducing the burden of disease through education and innovation, and improving access to health care for disadvantaged populations through outreach activities and medical interventions.

Dr Nair concluded: “Sustainability is not a buzzword, but rather our long-term commitment to achieving meaningful and lasting change.”

“This is healthcare leadership: leveraging our global experience and footprint to transform care and shape a sustainable future.”