Moving Healthcare Scope 3 Emissions Management Forward

As the health sector progresses toward a more sustainable and resilient future, it can leverage emerging opportunities and innovations that can drive significant reductions in emissions. Jacobs support its clients across all aspects of Scope 3 management and supplier engagement, from defining objectives, calculating emissions, and setting strategies to developing implementation roadmaps that integrate seamlessly with master planning efforts and healthcare operations. By embedding climate response opportunities in every project we deliver, Jacobs helps health sector clients to integrate GHG management into existing planned projects. With a diverse talent-base of subject matter experts (SMEs) across engineering, life sciences, healthcare operations, and sustainability, we help clients:

  • Move from implementation plans into the design of capital projects and budgets
  • Align renewable energy procurement strategies with sustainability goals
  • Ensure that Scope 3 management practices address supply chain risks to enhance resiliency

At Jacobs, we are on our own sustainability journey to deliver on the goals laid out in our Climate Action Plan9, including embedding sustainability and resilience into all our work by 2025, making each project a climate response opportunity. As the first global consultancy with a net-zero target approved by SBTi, we are working toward net-zero emissions across our value chain by 2040 and know first-hand the challenges faced by organizations working toward similar commitments10. To support our clients and partners, we have developed tailored resources to support organizations across our market sectors wherever they are in their carbon management journey.

Figure 7: Scope 3 Action Plan for Health Systems

With an increasing global focus on climate change, and as regulatory frameworks governing Scope 3 emissions reporting and reduction in healthcare continue to evolve, Jacobs supports its health sector clients in staying ahead of these changes, adapting their strategies to meet both current and future regulatory requirements, and advocating for feasible, science-based regulations that support and expand the health sector's existing sustainability goals. As a Practice Greenhealth affiliate premium partner, Jacobs supports collaboration and knowledge sharing with stakeholders across the health sector value chain to deliver on each phase of the Scope 3 action plan pictured above. This collaboration enables the health sector to address shared challenges, leverage collective resources, develop and implement effective mitigation strategies, and expand research and development to drive innovation in sustainable health sector practices and technologies.

As the health sector journey toward net-zero emissions becomes increasingly focused on Scope 3 emissions management, Jacobs helps its clients develop comprehensive strategies to set realistic but ambitious interim emissions-reduction targets, increase renewable energy investments, and secure credible carbon offsets as they work to decarbonize their operations and supply chains. Our SMEs provide support for navigating the complexities of health sector supply chains and help health sector organizations embrace technological and material innovations and adapt to evolving sustainability landscapes. Jacobs helps health care organizations—and all of our clients—prepare for a sustainable and environmentally responsible future.