Royal Melbourne Hospital

Sustainability Report and Carbon Intensity Rankings

Is Royal Melbourne Hospital doing their part?

Their DitchCarbon score is 33

Royal Melbourne Hospital has a DitchCarbon Score of 33 out of 100, indicating room for improvement in its sustainability practices. This score reflects a higher carbon intensity in the hospital’s operations, suggesting that it is not among the leaders in reducing emissions. To enhance its sustainability efforts, the hospital needs to implement strategies to lower its carbon intensity and increase its DitchCarbon Score.

This was calculated based on 30+ company specific emissions data points, the higher the score, the better. Check out our methodology.

Industry emissions intensity

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Royal Melbourne Hospital operates within the health and social services industry, which has a low carbon intensity ranking. Some industries are more damaging than others, this ranking gives you an indication of how carbon intensive the industry is which this company operates in.

Location emissions intensity

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The Royal Melbourne Hospital, located in Australia, operates in a region with a very high carbon intensity rating. This suggests that the hospital’s sustainability efforts may be negatively impacted by the country’s overall high carbon emissions.

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The Ultimate Guide to Building Sustainability Into Procurement​​

In this guide you can learn about the three stages of sustainable procurement.

Stage 1) – Identify and Communicate
Sustainability Maturity

Stage 2) – Start to Give Preference to Mature Suppliers

Stage 3) – Make Climate Action a “Hard” Measure for Procurement

8.56%

...this company is doing 8.56% worse in emissions than the industry average.

Founded in 1848, Melbourne Health operates in the health and social services industry within Melbourne, Australia. It encompasses The Royal Melbourne Hospital, a prominent hospital, NorthWestern Mental Health, and The Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory. Melbourne Health is renowned for its comprehensive care, research, and learning, collaborating with notable institutions such as the Doherty Institute and The University of Melbourne.

emission intelligence's platform recommendations for Royal Melbourne Hospital

Royal Melbourne Hospital should consider investing in cleaner and more efficient machinery and equipment to potentially reduce their scope 1 emissions by 15%.

Bad news, Royal Melbourne Hospital hasn't set SBTi commitments yet

Royal Melbourne Hospital has not yet established specific commitments with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This means the hospital has not formally defined or announced plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate science.
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