Coastway Vets Environmental Sustainability Policy 2025

We provide a small animal general practice and referral veterinary service in Brighton and Hove, and have branches in the surrounding area.
We take pride in delivering a compassionate, dedicated and quality service, and acknowledge that our day-to-day operations have an impact on the environment.

As such, we have identified the key aspects that contribute to our environmental and carbon footprint:
● Consumption of electricity, gas and water
● Use of volatile anaesthetic gases contributing to greenhouse gas emissions
● Waste production and disposal
● Paper usage
● Transport of personnel and animals
● Medicines usage and disposal
● Procurement of goods and services contributing to emissions and pollution
We are committed to enhancing our environmental performance through a journey of continual improvement, by working through the following Practice Standards objectives and goals:
● Compliance with all applicable environmental regulations
● Monitoring our key resource usage and implement conservation techniques to achieve our environmental targets
● Implementing a waste management policy with a focus on reducing, re-using and recycling
● Engaging with colleagues and clients to encourage climate action and sustainable animal care
● To reduce emissions associated with colleagues’ travel
● Practising responsible medicines usage and disposal
● Taking part in a sustainability project with the practice team
● Working with suppliers to ensure they acknowledge and decrease the environmental impact of their products and transportation

Coastway Vets is part of the VetPartners family. VetPartners are passionate about encouraging sustainable veterinary care and reducing our impact on the environment. Our goals can be found in our sustainability strategy and include using renewable energy, diverting waste from landfill, undertaking charitable fundraising and ensuring a kind and inclusive workplace culture.

We will continue to improve our environmental management system through annual reviews and updates, taking into account any changes in legislation, our organisation and other factors. We will convey this policy to all our colleagues ensuring that they are provided with training to increase awareness of environmental matters.

Coastway Vets has a dedicated Green Team who have a designated responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of this policy. Please contact [email protected] if you have any queries.

Coastway Vets will make this policy available when requested to interested parties and members of the public. A copy of our environmental policy can also be found on our website.