Sustainable Care,
Lasting Impact

KitNewCare is a pioneering EU co-funded project (Jan 2024-Dec 2027) transforming kidney healthcare into a sustainable, climate-neutral model. Recognising healthcare’s role in global carbon emissions (5-11%), the project focuses on kidney care, an area with significant disease burden and resource footprint, as a model for systemic sustainability change.

Beyond traditional approaches, KitNewCare targets the broader environmental impacts of healthcare products, services and pathways. The project employs a systematic approach to pilot and benchmark interventions, assessing their effectiveness in reducing environmental impact while maintaining high patient care standards, and also improving patient outcomes.

The project’s vision goes beyond kidney care, aspiring to influence other medical fields and thus paving the way for a greener future.

KitNewCare’s strategy focuses on fostering collaboration between patients, healthcare professionals, NGOs, industry partners, and policymakers. Its primary goal is the creation of training materials, facilitate the integration of sustainability principles into medical practices, and set new standards. Moreover, the initiative undertakes research, provides policy guidance, and raises awareness to advocate for a reduced environmental impact of the European Union’s healthcare system.