But how green is it actually? Calculating the environmental footprint of Kidney care environmental optimisations within haemodialysis

KitNewCare will hold its second Innovation Challenge on 15 December, bringing together clinical partners, sustainability experts and industry stakeholders to reflect on the project’s first round of environmental audits and identify the priority innovations needed to advance greener kidney care across Europe.

If the healthcare sector were a country, it would rank fifth among the world’s biggest emitters. Kidney disease, a silent threat affecting over 100 million Europeans, is treated through a highly polluting system now being tackled with a technology- and education-driven approach toward cleaner, smarter nephrology. Yet, the World Health Organization reminds us: “The greenest cure is prevention.”

Dialysis saves lives, but at what environmental cost? A new study from the KitNewCare consortium offers detailed calculation of the carbon and water footprint of haemodialysis, and points to practical solutions for making kidney care more sustainable