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Medtech’s Role In The Carbon Neutral Challenge To Counter Climate Change – The UK View
Net zero environmental sustainability needs are bringing new ‘compliance’ requirements
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“Sustainability executive” is a new job role for a new era. The UK’s largest healthtech industry association has appointed one, and many medtech companies in every geography might eventually do likewise, as the drive for nations to achieve carbon neutrality picks up pace. Medtech Insight spoke to the ABHI’s new incumbent Addie MacGregor and director of value and access Luella Trickett to gauge the size of the task before the medtech industry.
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