Finding a 'sweet spot': How running a start-up accelerator is helping Bupa maintain environmental health

Stuart Stone
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With applications for the third instalment of Bupa’s eco-Disruptive talent programme well underway, sustainability director Glyn Richards and Cromwell Hospital's Daryal Begley reveal how start-ups are shaping the healthcare giant's approach to the climate crisis

According to campaign group Health Care without Harm, the healthcare industry's greenhouse gas emissions amount to 4.4 per cent of the global total - meaning if it was a country the sector would be the...

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