Watch on demand: AstraZeneca, Cytiva, Health Innovation Manchester and BIP.Verco discuss sustainability in the context of the patient care pathway
Some of the biggest opportunities for sustainability in life sciences sit across the entire patient care pathway – and that’s where the biggest disconnects lie too. How do life sciences organisations tackle system-level sustainability that spans pharma, medtech, digital health and more?
Recently, we brought experts from AstraZeneca, Cytiva and Health Innovation Manchester together to discuss this timely topic.
In our webinar – From ambition to delivery: life sciences sustainability in 2026 and beyond – we explored how the alignment of clinical and environmental goals strengthens the argument for sustainability leaders to drive impact and action internally and across the industry.
Watch on demand
You can watch a recording of the webinar below. We recommend it if you’re a life sciences professional who is curious about:
the key challenges for the sector, and why the patient care pathway is the right lens through which to tackle them;
the global context of sustainability in life sciences, including NHS ambitions;
the structural disconnect between where sustainability commitments sit and where emissions actually occur; and
how digital infrastructure and AI are beginning to change what is measurable and manageable at all levels of patient care.
Expert insight from the webinar
Key takeaways from the panel discussion include:
Clinical and environmental goals are the same goals expressed in different language.
Recognising this reframes decarbonisation from a cost or a constraint to a direct expression of what good care looks like.Decisions about products and care interventions need to be made in the context of the wider care pathway.
Delivering reductions systematically within organisational boundaries is essential, but focusing on single sustainability initiatives without a system-wide view risks reallocating emissions, not reducing them.Data infrastructure is the foundation of pathway-level sustainability.
We need better data about the environmental impact of care activities, but more than anything we need to build trust. Trust enables greater pathway-level sustainability analysis amidst commercial drivers and data sensitivity.
Find out more about sustainability across the patient care pathway
The patient care pathway doesn’t respect organisational boundaries. It covers multiple organisations, emission sources, and opportunities that no single actor can realise alone. That’s why whole-pathway sustainability is so important.
Browse the report linked below to find out how we can help you join up the pathway and make system-level thinking work for your organisation.
If you’d like to discuss any of the topics from the webinar, or chat about how we can help you deliver sustainability in your organisation, please get in touch.