As Private Adatıp Hospital, we adopt a holistic approach that integrates the protection of human health with environmental sustainability in the delivery of our healthcare services. We consider minimizing the environmental impact of our activities, using natural resources efficiently, and contributing to the preservation of a healthy environment for future generations to be among our institutional responsibilities.
We regard environmental management as an integral part of our corporate management approach and all service processes, prioritizing the prevention of environmental risks, compliance with relevant legislation, and continuous improvement.
With due consideration for the health of patients, patients’ relatives, employees, and the community, we aim to control the environmental impacts arising from our activities, use resources responsibly, continuously improve our environmental performance, and promote environmental awareness throughout our institution.
In line with these principles, we commit to the following:
1. We comply with all applicable national environmental legislation, legal obligations, and standards to which our institution is subject.
2. We identify and assess the environmental impacts and risks arising from hospital activities and implement necessary control measures.
3. We ensure the effective and efficient use of electricity, water, fuel, paper, and other natural resources. We carry out activities to reduce unnecessary consumption, improve resource efficiency, and minimize our environmental footprint.
4. We adopt Zero Waste principles as an integral part of our Environmental Policy. We prioritize preventing and reducing waste generation at its source and ensure that medical, hazardous, domestic, packaging, and recyclable waste generated within our hospital is properly segregated at source, collected, transported, temporarily stored under appropriate conditions, and sent for disposal or recovery in accordance with applicable legislation.
5. We commit to using our resources efficiently, exploring opportunities for reuse, recycling, and recovery, monitoring our resource recovery processes, and continuously improving these processes to support a sustainable future.
6. We ensure the safe use, storage, and waste management of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, laboratory materials, and other substances that may pose environmental risks.
7. We implement necessary preventive measures against spills, leaks, and similar environmental incidents involving waste or chemical substances and establish appropriate emergency response procedures for such situations.
8. In the procurement of goods and services, we encourage the selection of environmentally responsible and sustainable products and practices that reduce resource consumption while considering patient and employee safety.
9. We ensure that our employees participate in training and awareness activities concerning proper waste segregation, efficient use of natural resources, environmental protection, and environmental risks. We encourage all employees to incorporate environmental responsibility into their daily work processes.
10. We monitor and evaluate our environmental management practices through workplace inspections, risk assessments, performance indicator results, and the monitoring of nonconformities.
11. We recognize environmental protection as an essential part of our institutional responsibility and carry out environmental management practices in alignment with public health and sustainability objectives.
12. We aim to integrate environmentally responsible practices into clinical and administrative service processes and ensure their continuity throughout our institution.
13. We establish measurable objectives to continuously improve our environmental performance, regularly monitor implementation results, and carry out necessary improvement activities.
14. We review and update our Environmental Policy at least once a year and whenever necessary, taking into account changes in legislation, activities, risks, or operational processes.
