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26 Jan 2024

Report lists group’s sustainability milestones

Positive Pawprint report details success in three main pillars: caring for people, patients and the planet.

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Report lists group’s sustainability milestones

IVC Evidensia has outlined more of its sustainability journey in a report about milestones achieved in 2023.

The Positive Pawprint report covers the UK and other overseas markets and the company’s success in its three pillars of caring for people, patients and the planet.

Among the highlights, 26 practices within IVC Evidensia have registered as “Positive Pawprints partners”, with a further 150 working on a sustainability toolkit.

Sustainability projects include reducing antibiotic usage, more efficient recycling processes, creating links with charities and increasing mental health first aiders to more than 500 people.

Framework

Vet Rachel Power, of Rowe Veterinary Group – one of the new partners in 2023 – said: “The Positive Pawprint toolkit provided a framework to look at sustainability across our clinic, including improving staff well-being, maintaining high clinical standards, and excellent client and patient care.

“We have used it to evaluate our clinic and make sustainable changes. The checklists split the project into bite-sized parts, making it less overwhelming. Being a Positive Pawprint partner is just the start, there’s lots to work on.”

Measures

Measures highlighted in the report include:

Caring for people

  • More than 2,000 days of clinical professional development
  • Launch of flexible working toolkit
  • Forty-seven students enrolled in the Ethnic Diversity Scholarship Scheme
  • More than 500 mental health first aiders in the UK
  • Partnering with the DPJ Foundation providing a new mental health initiative for farm vets
  • UK national partnership with StreetVet
  • More than £88,000 donated to 102 local charities through Community Grants Fund

Caring for patients

  • 2,155 given life-saving treatment by the care fund
  • 51% of practice waiting rooms offering species-specific areas to reduce patient stress
  • 16% reduction in outpatient antibiotic prescriptions
  • 4,500 wellness screenings successfully delivered (since November 2022)
  • 259 research projects underway

Caring for the planet

  • 100% renewable electricity sourced for UK practices
  • 487 practices equipped with energy-efficient lighting and heating systems
  • Zero waste to landfill from UK practices
  • 50 bee-friendly practices
  • 30% less plastic used by switching to more environmentally friendly syringes

The full report is available online.

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