Green transition is the behavioral intention of health and care providers (HCPs) even in presence of growing healthcare request after COVID-19. However, it requires operational tools to be carried out rapidly with optimal processes and low service costs. CARING NATURE’s (CN) 5 HCP, 5 innovation SMEs, 1 SDO, 2 industries and 5 Universities will 
construct and implement 10 healthcare specific solutions for carbon emissions and pollution (CEP) reduction demonstrated in 33 use cases. The 10 CEP-reduction solutions tackle main production sources on which HCP have exclusive control and were they act as principal actors of transition: building energy demand will be addressed through: reduction of environmental impact of construction and renovation, and utilizing AI-powered energy management; reduction and valorization of medical, food and water waste through a HCP tailored pyrolysis plant prototype and an on-site waste food digestion and drying system; reduction of patient/visitors travel through next generation telemedicine. Sustainability 
transitions require transversal staff and Governance commitment: Staff engagement through participatory methods for Communities of Practice will be explored and systematized. Governance capability of HCPs, policy makers and investors urgently needs an operative framework since to evaluate interventions no simple measuring system of HCP environmental impact exists. CN framework consists of a decision support system based on information sharing, HCP specific social life cycle assessment and life cycle cost and sustainable finance evaluation models together with a reporting model compliant with EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Governance bodies and other stakeholders will benefit from an HCP specific eco-friendly approach to reengineering of processes for enforcing sustainability based on the Green Lean Six Sigma methodology. Opportunities for standardization will be identified and reported.
Project Τitle: ClimAte neutRal INitiatives for GrowiNg heAlTh and care Unmet REquirements
Project Duration: 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2026
Project URL: https://caringnature.eu/
Project Framework & Funding: Horizon – 5.999.517,50 in total – 426.000,00 for UNIWA
Scientific coordinator (UNIWA): Dr. Sepetis Anastasios
Consortium – Partners:
- UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE – UCSC
- TECHNOLOGIKO PANEPISTIMIO KYPROU – CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT – LUT University
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN – NUID UCD
- ARCHIPELAGO ARCHITECTS
- 4D ARCHITECTS BV
- ERCS LTD
- IDEA75 SRL – IDEA75
- GAC
- RINA CONSULTING SPA – RINA-C
- SOFTWARE IMAGINATION & VISION SRL – SIMAVI
- DIN DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FUER NORMUNG EV – DIN e.V.
- FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO AGOSTINO GEMELLI IRCCS – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
- FUNDACION PRIVADA HOSPITAL ASIL DEGRANOLLERS – FHAG
- UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM HEIDELBERG – UKHD
- PAIJAT-HAMEEN HYVINVOINTIALUE
- DIOIKHSH YGEIONOMIKHS PERIFEREIAS KRHTHS – ADMINISTRATION OF HEALTH REGION A.H.RE 7TH HEALTH REGION CRETE
- ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM – EUR
- UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN – UCLouvain
