The Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Site Cham­pi­ons nom­i­nat­ed for this award are a small sub­set of the Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Cham­pi­ons Work­ing Group, who ded­i­cate their time, ener­gy and pas­sion into pro­mot­ing envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty at NSW Health Pathology.

Our nom­i­nees are peo­ple who take their com­mit­ment to envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty seri­ous­ly, at work and at home. A num­ber have shared their per­son­al projects with their col­leagues and pro­vide inspi­ra­tion and moti­va­tion to oth­ers through their pas­sion and commitment.

These Cham­pi­ons have under­tak­en local projects at their work­sites and built rela­tion­ships to make NSW Health Pathol­o­gy vis­i­ble to oth­er envi­ron­men­tal advo­cates across NSW Health. 

Nom­i­nees have worked to gar­ner local health dis­trict sup­port to estab­lish on-site recy­cling of plas­tics, foam, bat­ter­ies and elec­tri­cal waste, and have cut dis­pos­ables out of work process­es to reduce land­fill-bound waste.

They have built rela­tion­ships with oth­er sus­tain­abil­i­ty groups and cham­pi­ons across Health; lob­bied ven­dors to make pro-envi­ron­ment changes; and have pro­vid­ed lead­er­ship in the work­place to pro­mote sustainability.

Our Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Site Cham­pi­ons rep­re­sent a broad cross sec­tion of staff across the State in all roles and capac­i­ties. Most have nev­er met or worked togeth­er, but they share a com­mit­ment to mak­ing sure NSW Health Pathol­o­gy is an organ­i­sa­tion they can feel good about in terms of its envi­ron­men­tal efforts and policies.

We are proud these nom­i­nees pro­vide a high­ly vis­i­ble exam­ple to all our staff that if you are pas­sion­ate, com­mit­ted, and want to effect change, you can put your hand up and be part of some­thing with the sup­port of the organisation.