title: Environmental sustainability in European public healthcare.
abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to enlarge the debate concerning the influence of leadership on environmental sustainability implementation in European public healthcare organisations. Design/methodology/approach - This paper is a viewpoint. It is based on preliminary analysis of European standards dedicated to environmental sustainability and their spread across Europe in public healthcare organisations. Viewpoints concerning leadership are then discussed and asserted. Findings - This paper found a limited implementation of standards such as Green Public Procurement criteria, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme and ISO 14001 in public healthcare. Some clues indicate that the lack of implementation is related to leadership and management commitment. Originality/value - For the first time, this paper investigates relationships between leadership and environmental sustainability in European public healthcare opening further avenues of research on the subject.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiarini
authors.forename: Emidia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vagnoni
mesh_terms: D004782:Environmental Health; D005060:Europe; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership
keywords: Europe; Leadership; Public healthcare organisations; Standards; Sustainability; Viewpoint