Amana Living tackles their aged care carbon footprint

Brightwater and United Church Homes have helped Amana Living develop the model which calculates the emissions from the use of gas, electricity, water consumption, transport and other necessary services.

The results have prompted a number of initiatives which include additional recycling bins at Amana Living facilities, ‘no car’ days on which staff car pool or are encouraged to catch public transport, no print days and office lights and air conditioning being turned off when possible through the working day.

CEO Ray Glickman said Amana Living set a target of reducing wastage associated with energy use and carbon emissions to ensure maximum resources were devoted to care and services, and to improve environmental performance.

“Amana Living takes the climate change challenge seriously and we have been committed to finding ways of reducing our carbon footprint,” he said.

“To get started we needed to find a way of measuring our emissions to enable us to track and reduce our output. As there was no such model available within aged care, we decided to develop our own which in time could be used by the whole industry.”

Amana Living is currently refining the model and working with staff members to implement measures which both reduce and eliminate emissions and waste.

“We are very pleased with the progress we are making in this area and it is fantastic to see Amana Living’s staff embrace this initiative and work together to ensure we do our bit to help the planet,” adds Mr Glickman.