7th November 2024
Acorns has become one of the first children’s hospices in the country to launch an environmental sustainability plan.
The plan, which outlines our green ambitions until 2030 and beyond, sets out how we will provide care to every child and family who needs us, whilst working in a way that reduces our impact on the environment.
As the largest children’s hospice charity in the UK, Acorns delivers vital services to hundreds of children and families every year.
We operate three hospices and a growing network of shops, supported by the central functions a charity like ours needs to continue. This activity consumes resources and contributes to waste and emissions.
It’s our responsibility as a charity and duty to the community we serve, to strive towards sustainability in everything we do, and lessen our impact on the planet.
As part of the plan, Acorns has identified three key focus areas which will help us achieve our objectives over the coming years: people, purchasing and planet, which you can read about in more detail in the document.
To build the plan, we worked with Bioregional, a specialist sustainability consultancy. Bioregional engaged with teams across Acorns, gathering detailed information through workshops, interviews and analysing data to identify where we can make the biggest impact.
This work has helped build an accurate picture of where we are as a charity, and where we want to go.
Acorns strives for excellence, and our environmental sustainability plan will help us deliver the vital care local children and families need, and through that – shape a better world, for generations to come.
Read Shaping a Better World here.