ClimAte neutRal INitiatives for GrowiNg heAlTh and care Unmet REquirements

Project Information

CARING NATURE

Grant agreement ID: 101137340

DOI

10.3030/101137340

EC signature date 29 November 2023

Start date 1 January 2024

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• Health

Total cost

€ 6 024 842,50

EU contribution

€ 5 999 517,50

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (5)

Green Lean Six Sigma methodology for health and care v1

GLSS-HC: All the components (as per Section 1.1.1)

Report on requirement definition

EU healthcare environmental sustainability map, Solutions requirement and contextual data, Use cases scope & validation methodology

Plan for the dissemination and exploitation including communication activities v2

Update of D7.2 and IPR Management plan and description of the Partners’ IPRs

Participatory staff engagement model v1

ENGAGE: All the components (as per Section 1.1.1)

Plan for the dissemination and exploitation including communication activities v1

Communication, dissemination, networking and exploitation plan and IPR policy (at M5)

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project Website

CARING NATURE project dedicated public website

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (5)

Environmental costs in healthcare system: the case studies of Greece health care

Author(s): Anastasios Sepetis, Fotios Rizos, Ioannis Parlavantzas, Paraskevi N. Zaza, Ioannis E. Nikolaou
Published in: BMC Health Services Research, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1472-6963
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S12913-025-12542-X

Circular Economy Behavior and Sustainable Healthcare

Author(s): Anastasios Sepetis, Ioannis Parlavantzas
Published in: Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2025, ISSN 2730-597X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S43615-025-00601-8

The Role of Organizational Behavior to Sustainable Health Care: The Case of Greece

Author(s): Anastasios Sepetis, Ioannis Parlavatzas, Paraskevi N Zaza, Charalampos Platis, Rizos Fotios, Ioannis E Nikolaou
Published in: Environmental Health Insights, Issue 18, 2024, ISSN 1178-6302
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/11786302241298788

A Proposed Circular Economy Model for Hospital Bio-Waste Management in Municipal Settings

Author(s): Anastasios Sepetis, Konstantinos Georgantas, Ioannis Nikolaou
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 17, 2024, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/SU17010005

Impact of operating room waste in a high-volume institution and strategies for reduction: results from the CARING NATURE project

Author(s): Laura Lorenzon, Sabina Magalini, Laura Antolino, Giulia De Rubeis, Lorenzo Ferri, Cristina Galati, Gloria Santoro, Pasquale Mari, Benedetto Bresa, Daniele Gui, null null, Paola Aceto, Rossana Addei, Sergio Alfieri, Salvatore Agnes, Andrea Cambieri, Claudio Coco, Domenico D'Ugo, Michele Di Donato, Felice Giuliante, Carlo Licorni, Ersilia Luca, Stefano Margaritora, Fabio Pacelli, Marco Racioppi, Marco Raffaelli, Giovanni Scambia, Luigi Sofo, Liliana Sollazzi, Silvia Tirabassi, Yamume Tshomba
Published in: British Journal of Surgery, Issue 112, 2025, ISSN 0007-1323
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/BJS/ZNAF027