Carbon accounting was not part of iCardiology's core mission. Providing high quality cardiac diagnostic services was.
However, as NHS sustainability requirements became an increasingly important part of procurement processes, supplier assessments and contract opportunities, the organisation needed a practical way to measure emissions, demonstrate progress and maintain compliance with evolving expectations.
Working with GreenFeet, iCardiology developed a structured approach to carbon reporting, public disclosure and ongoing sustainability management, helping the organisation navigate NHS requirements with greater confidence, transparency and efficiency.
For iCardiology, the challenge was not simply measuring emissions. It was establishing a practical and repeatable way to gather, manage and report sustainability information in a way that could support ongoing NHS requirements.
The organisation needed a structured approach that would allow it to establish emissions baselines, create the necessary plans and disclosures, respond to supplier assessments and maintain accurate information over time.
The organisation needed support with:
Many organisations approach sustainability reporting as a one off exercise driven by an immediate requirement, tender opportunity or customer request.
iCardiology wanted a more sustainable approach.
Using GreenFeet, the organisation established a structured way of collecting emissions data, applying carbon calculations and maintaining records in one place. Rather than restarting the process each year, sustainability became an ongoing activity supported by consistent processes and accessible information.
The focus shifted from completing a task to embedding a process that could evolve alongside both organisational growth and changing NHS expectations.
This reduced the effort associated with gathering information while helping ensure sustainability data remained available, current and ready to support future requirements.
One of the most valuable aspects of the approach was the ability to make progress visible.
GreenFeet's My Page enabled iCardiology to publicly communicate its sustainability commitments, Carbon Reduction Plan and progress through a dedicated webpage.
This created a single source of information that could be shared with customers, NHS procurement teams and other stakeholders, reducing the need to repeatedly compile evidence and supporting the transparency expected throughout healthcare supply chains.
Instead of responding to individual requests with manually assembled documents, iCardiology had a clear and accessible way to demonstrate its sustainability journey.
As NHS sustainability requirements continue to develop, suppliers are increasingly expected to provide clear, accessible evidence of their carbon emissions, reduction plans and environmental commitments.
For organisations such as iCardiology, this means being able to evidence carbon emissions, publish a Carbon Reduction Plan, respond to sustainability assessments and demonstrate ongoing progress against environmental commitments.
The challenge is not simply producing this information once. It is maintaining accurate, up to date evidence that can be readily shared with customers, procurement teams and other stakeholders when required.
GreenFeet provided iCardiology with a structured approach to collecting, managing and communicating this information, helping transform sustainability reporting from a reactive exercise into an ongoing business process.
The NHS Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessment (ESSA) provides a standardised framework for assessing the sustainability maturity of suppliers. Managed through the Atamis platform, it acts as a single route for organisations to share environmental information with NHS procurement teams and demonstrate alignment with the NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap.
NHS procurement teams use ESSA responses as part of tender evaluations, helping suppliers demonstrate their approach to carbon reduction, sustainability and social value. The framework also helps reduce duplication by providing a centralised route for sharing sustainability information rather than requiring suppliers to complete multiple separate assessments.
By establishing the necessary foundations through GreenFeet, iCardiology was able to develop the data, disclosures and reporting processes needed to engage with these requirements confidently.
Rather than repeatedly completing sustainability questionnaires for different NHS organisations, iCardiology could maintain a centralised source of information that supported procurement activity, supplier assessments and ongoing reporting requirements.
The result was greater confidence in demonstrating sustainability performance when it mattered most.
"We are a UK based distributor of medical devices. We bring products to the NHS and private hospitals around the UK and so making sure we can bid for government contracts is essential to our business. For us to remain compliant we must show clear steps that we are taking to become Net Zero. GreenFeet offered us a platform for recording, monitoring and achieving this. The GreenFeet platform is user friendly. You can add information relevant to your sector and make it individual. It will grow as we grow.
We have been able to use the data to involve not just management within this journey, but the whole organisation."
Compliance Manger, iCardiology
For iCardiology, sustainability reporting became about more than calculating emissions.
It became part of demonstrating the same professionalism, transparency and commitment that underpin the services it provides every day.
As NHS sustainability expectations continue to evolve, having a practical and repeatable approach to reporting has become increasingly important. Through a combination of carbon measurement, Net Zero planning, ESSA support, sustainability reporting and public disclosure, GreenFeet helped iCardiology establish a framework for meeting NHS sustainability requirements while reducing the administrative burden associated with ongoing reporting.
The result was not simply better reporting, but a more resilient approach to demonstrating environmental commitment in a changing healthcare landscape, allowing the organisation to focus on what matters most: supporting patients through the delivery of high quality cardiac care.
