Sustainable Development Commission: Are you a Good Corporate Citizen?

NHS Introduction to the Self Assessment Test

• Transport
• Procurement
• Facilities Management
• Employment & Skills
• Community Engagement
• New Buildings

Good Corporate Citizenship describes how NHS organisations can embrace sustainable development and tackle health inequalities through their day-to-day activities.

This means using NHS organisations’ corporate powers and resources in ways that benefit rather than damage the social, economic and environmental conditions in which we live. How the NHS behaves - as an employer, a purchaser of goods and services, a manager of transport, energy, waste and water, as a landholder and commissioner of building work and as an influential neighbour in many communities - can make a big difference to people’s health and to the well being of society, the economy and the environment.

By operating as good corporate citizens NHS organisations can benefit from a healthier local population, improved staff morale and faster patient recovery rates. They may also make big financial savings.

Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier identifies good corporate citizenship as one of the five new priorities for the next ten years.

This self-assessment model will help your organisation to identify and assess your contribution to good corporate citizenship and give you ideas for future action. It builds on and pulls together guidance and resources to help you get going in six key areas: transport, procurement, facilities management, employment & skills, community engagement and new buildings. It shows in practical ways how the NHS has contributed to health and sustainable development, with real life examples of how it has contributed in areas such as local regeneration, healthy sustainable procurement and helping to tackle climate change. You can use it to engage with your employees and the local community.

Register online and take the test to see how you are doing in comparison to other NHS organisations. Store your score and return to the website at a later date to track your progress.

Using this assessment model can help your organisation become a good corporate citizen.

Use the Good Corporate Citizenship model in a workshop

Use the materials below to help you communicate and use the good corporate citizenship assessment model in your organisation.

Download the following documents:

• Top tips for a successful workshop
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• Printable version of the test
  Document size: 221 kb
• PowerPoint Presentation
  Document size: 3151kb