We work with sustainability based on three focus areas
The Sustainability Strategy sets the direction for Central Denmark Region’s sustainable transformation.
Sustainability in Central Denmark Region means health for people and the planet – now and in the future. Our way of creating health must make it possible for us and future generations to live healthy lives.
The strategy ensures our focus on climate and environment, on being an attractive and responsible workplace, and on our approach to leadership and governance.
We work with sustainability based on the following focus areas:
- We focus on a healthy climate and environment – with circular consumption, a 68% reduction in CO2 by 2030, and climate neutrality by 2050.
- Tracks: Responsible Consumption, Energy and Construction, and Mobility and Transport.
- We focus on a healthy working environment – characterised by inclusion and psychological safety.
- Track: Social Responsibility.
- We focus on sound leadership and governance – sustainability is firmly integrated in the organisation and its development.
- Track: Leadership and Governance.
The work with sustainability is operationalised through the strategy’s five tracks. Here, you can see the specific ambitions and goals in the strategy. Realisation of strategy goals is achieved through e.g., two-year sustainability agreements.
We have a clear climate direction towards 2030 and 2050
We aim to be a circular region, to reduce our green gashouse emissions by 68% by 2030, and to be climate neutral by 2050.
Most of our emissions come from goods and services – and this area will be the major focus of our efforts to achieve the 68% reduction.
See figure on distribution of total green gashouse emissions:
We monitor progress
We ensure progress in implementation of the Sustainability Strategy by following up on ambitions and goals. Follow-up can be tracked in the region’s climate accounts as well as an annual sustainability report covering all five tracks.
The Central Denmark Region’s Climate Accounts provide insight into the region’s CO2 emissions for scopes 1, 2, and 3, and thus an overall status on the goal of a 68% CO2 reduction by 2030.
The sustainability report elaborates on the status of ambitions and goals with examples from all five tracks, showing which focus areas the region works with and how.
The examples are based on the Central Denmark Region’s sustainability agreements, which translate the strategy’s ambitions and goals into specific actions towards 2030. The sustainability agreements are two-year agreements made between the region executive management and 11 units in the region, including the five somatic hospitals, psychiatry, Prehospital Services, the Regional Hospital Pharmacy, hospital laundry services (midtVask), the social area, and staff functions.
We base the strategy on circular principles
Circular principles are crucial to meet the ambitions and goals related to climate and environment in the tracks Responsible Consumption, Energy and Construction, and Mobility and Transport. The best consumption is no consumption. This means that we will increasingly focus on avoiding or reducing consumption, prolong product life cycles and reuse, use more non-disposable products, choose greener alternatives, and finally sort waste for recycling. In this way, we reduce environmental impact most effectively.
We use the UN Sustainable Development Goals as stepping stones
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are our overall stepping stones on the path to a more sustainable Central Denmark Region. The Sustainable Developments Goals are designed to ensure that development locally, regionally, and internationally will benefit the entire planet and populations all over the world, charting the course for a more sustainable future towards 2030. As a region, we are aware of which goals are particularly relevant as the foundation for the Sustainability Strategy.
The Sustainability Strategy is valid until 2030
The Sustainability Strategy was adopted by the Regional Council on 25 August 2025 and is valid until the end of 2030. The principles and the development on which the strategy is based go further than 2030, when the strategy period expires. Towards 2050, there will be two additional 10-year strategy periods with a revision halfway through each period to ensure that we will become a climate-neutral region by 2050.