RPS Greener Pharmacy Toolkit

Summary

The new Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Greener Pharmacy Toolkit is easy to use and provides prompts to introduce more sustainable practices to reduce emissions, improve patient care, prevent ill health, tackle medicines waste and achieve efficiency savings.

The Greener Pharmacy Toolkit is a pioneering digital self-assessment tool designed to help community and hospital pharmacy teams take practical action to reduce the environmental impact of pharmacy services, pharmaceutical care and medicines, while supporting patient care.

The toolkit outlines three levels of accreditation—bronze, silver, and gold—based on various actions that pharmacy staff can voluntarily take to make their pharmacies more sustainable. Achieving the target accreditation triggers a certificate, which can be displayed to demonstrate the pharmacy’s commitment to environmental sustainability.

Commissioned by NHS England and supported by Greener NHS, the toolkit is free and open access, available for use by hospital and community pharmacy teams throughout Great Britain. The digital toolkit and accompanying guidance aligns closely with RPS’ work on sustainability which recognises the impact of climate change on health.