Climate change is an increasingly serious and urgent threat to health and health equity in New Zealand and worldwide. It is contributing to global disease, disability and premature death – most seriously affecting people in poor countries and the poorest within all countries.

With action to tackle climate change there are, however, also opportunities to improve health with a change to more active lifestyles, healthy diets, low emission vehicles and improved housing standards.

As a large organisation in our region the Northland DHB has a big influence and can significantly contribute to climate change by reducing its carbon emissions. 

Kaitiakitanga

Sustainability shares a lot of similar values towards the kaitiakitanga (meaning guardianship) of our resources and environment. Serving a large Māori community, Northland DHB acknowledges its responsibility to tangata whenua (people of the land) to act together as kaitiaki (guardians) in the active management of our hospitals in an environmentally sustainable way, respecting ancestral links and cultural practices.

Vision and Strategy

The sustainability vision of Northland DHB is defined like so: 

“As professionals in healthcare we continuously care for healthy people living in a healthy climate where every one of us acts as kaitiaki to take care of our resources and environment.”

The sustainability triple aim strategy focuses on co-benefits between health, environment and costs.

This within five defined key areas and five defined drivers for success

Publications

• Carbon footprint and Year Overview 2016-2017
• Northland DHB Sustainability Action Plan 2015-2016

• Join our Sustainability Community group on Facebook

Questions or Feedback?

Contact our Sustainability Development Manager, Margriet Geesink via Email or Phone 09-4304101 ext 60671