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International health insurer Bupa has pledged to become a net zero business by 2040 as it joins the UN’s Race to Zero campaign.The firm announced that the two major milestones are part of its new sustainability strategy to improve the health of people and the planet.
Doctors, nurses and hospitals increasingly are seeing patients sickened by climate-related problems, from overheating to smoke inhalation from wildfires and even infectious diseases.<br/><br/>
Patients sickened in heat waves, flooding, and wildfire have raised awareness of the impact of climate change on health.
Hospitals are adding solar panels and cutting waste, with support from a new office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The latest notification does not address chronic problems of badly managed and risky disposal of fly ash by polluting units, say environmentalists