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RNS Number : 4396O
@UK PLC
19 September 2011
Embargoed for 7am release 19 September 2011
@UK PLC
("@UK" or the "Company")
Launch of Innovative NHS Expenditure Carbon Footprint
Project
@UK PLC (AIM:ATUK.L), the cloud ecommerce marketplace, is
delighted to announce the launch of the new NHS Expenditure Carbon
Footprint Project. The project is being run by NHS Sustainable
Development Unit (NHS SDU), with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS
SBS) assisting with data collection and @UK PLC providing analysis
services.
In 2008 the NHS SDU calculated the carbon footprint of NHS
expenditure at a national level, which at that stage was the
largest scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon footprint project of any
organisation in the world.
The new NHS Expenditure Carbon Footprint Project aims to build
on this initial project, extending the collection of expenditure
data from the national level to all NHS organisations, such as
suppliers, GPs, dentists and pharmacists. The aim is to help inform
decision making, revealing where carbon hot spots are and which
suppliers and types of goods and services purchased contribute most
to the carbon footprint.
NHS Shared Business Services and @UK PLC will be collecting and
analysing the data on behalf of the NHS SDU. The increased scope of
the project has been made possible through the technical
breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence by @UK PLC supported by
the University of Reading and Goldsmiths College London. The
technology allows for the automated analysis of finance system data
to identify and categorise the individual items being purchased for
the first time.
In addition the spend analytics capability from NHS Shared
Business Services already provides anonymised data intelligence for
around GBP41bn of total NHS non pay spend.
The resulting analysis will supplement the new NHS SDU report
into the updated NHS Carbon Footprint due out early next year and
will continue the NHS's lead as the first organisation to have an
in depth understanding of its carbon footprint.
All the NHS organisations participating in the project will
receive a summary of the carbon footprint of their current
procurement activity and will be offered the option to upgrade to
either, or both, a chargeable Spend Analysis and Carbon Analysis
service. The spend analysis capability from NHS Shared Business
Services provides organisations with a detailed breakdown of
potential cash savings and was used last year by the National Audit
office for its report identifying GBP500 million in savings in NHS
consumables. The carbon analysis provides a detailed breakdown of
the organisations' carbon footprint to further inform their carbon
reduction plans and actions.
Ronald Duncan, Chairman of @UK, commented: -
"It is a privilege to be working with NHS SDU who are
international leaders in understanding the supply chain carbon
footprint, and we believe that our Artificial Intelligence
technology will make a significant impact in the understanding of
the NHS Expenditure Carbon Footprint.
"This builds on our established relationship with NHS Shared
Business Services, and helps NHS organisations to identify both
savings and carbon reduction in a single set of analysis.
"We hope to extend this solution out to the rest of public and
private sector."
Sonia Roschnik, Operations Director of the NHS Sustainable
Development Unit (NHS SDU), commented: -
"The NHS SDU are pleased that NHS organisations are getting the
opportunity to identify carbon hot spots in their procurement
carbon footprint at no cost. The analysis could also provide
greater transparency about which suppliers, products and types of
organisation are the biggest contributors to the NHS England
procurement carbon footprint
"Achieving the targets set out in the Climate Change Act will
only be possible with increased transparency about the carbon
footprint of goods and services we buy."
Peter Akid, Managing Director of NHS SBS Commercial Procurement
Solutions, commented: -
"NHS Shared Business Services and @UK have been working together
for a number of years to support the NHS in understanding its spend
activity. We are delighted to be able to utilise our spend analysis
capability to put this data intelligence to further use, and are
excited about working with the NHS SDU to heighten awareness of the
NHS's carbon footprint. We are also very pleased to be part of a
national programme that will be integral in helping reduce the
carbon footprint across the NHS."
Enquiries:
@UK PLC Tel: 0118 963 7000
Ronald Duncan, Chairman
Arbuthnot Securities Limited Tel: 020 7012 2000
Tom Griffiths
Threadneedle Communications Tel 020 7653 9850
Caroline Evans-Jones/Alex White
NHS SDU Tel: 07946 755758
Karl Heidel
Communications Manager
@UK PLC
@UK is Europe's leading Cloud Platform with over 1 million
users, which is used for University and College's procurement along
with Local Authority, Schools and other Government and Private
sector procurement.
The GeM marketplace for Universities on Colleges is the only
card based national marketplace in the world and was successfully
delivered for the 800 Universities and Colleges and the 680
National Suppliers, proving that Cloud Ecommerce delivers large
complex projects for Government on time and budget.
Richard Benyon MP, launched the @UK Green Ecommerce Marketplace
back in October 2010, and it is now the largest repository of
product carbon footprints in the World.
@UK was used by the National Audit Office to identify over GBP
500 million in savings for 25% of NHS spend. The ground breaking
SpendInsight system used to identify the savings resulted in the
award of 2 PhD's in artificial intelligence.
@UK delivers key government commitments of Savings
Sustainability, and SME Inclusion along with support for Start Ups.
@UK PLC has now created over 200,000 start up businesses and
recently launched a new Cloud-Start-Up.com service to provide a
complete suite of cloud business software to startups along with
the essentials of Limited Company, Bank Account, Domain Name,
Email, Ecommerce, Accounting system and membership of the @UK
business club.
@UK has 6 key competitive advantages
-- SpendInsight uses unique artificial intelligence to
automatically identify savings and is available on a national
framework contract
-- Ecommerce Marketplace realises the savings through correct
pricing vs catalogue marketplaces which are unable to support
carriage, or complex pricing
-- GreenInsight provides unique sustainability analysis and
-- Hybrid Carbon Footprints enabling universal carbon footprints
at a price break through of GBP4 per item
-- High performance cloud technology underpinning the system
-- Start up service allowing start ups to immediately start
trading
@UK is included in the Software and Computer Services Sector
(9530).
For further information please visit the @UK PLC websites
Investor Site http://www.uk-plc.net/invest
Main Site http://www.uk-plc.net
SpendInsight Site http://www.spendinsight.com
GreenInsight Site http://www.green-insight.com
Hybrid Carbon Footprint Site
http://www.hybridcarbonfootprint.com
Cloud-Start-Up.com http://cstartup.com
NHS Sustainable Development Unit (NHS SDU)
The NHS SDU is a dedicated national unit set up to coordinate
and stimulate sustainable development systematically across the
NHS. It provides leadership and helps develop organisations,
people, tools, policy and research to ensure the NHS fulfils its
potential as a leading sustainable and low carbon organisation.
For further information please contact Karl Heidel on 07946
755758, karl.heidel@sdu.nhs.uk www.sdu.nhs.uk
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS)
NHS Shared Business Services is the market leader in business
support services for the NHS. It currently works with around 45% of
NHS Trusts and organisations providing Finance & Accounting,
Payroll & HR, Family Health Services and Commercial Procurement
Solutions.
NHS SBS delivers proven cost and efficiency savings for the NHS
and provides innovation and leading edge technology to transform
and modernise back office services.
NHS SBS Commercial Procurement Solutions was launched in January
2011 to transform commercial procurement in the NHS. It enables NHS
Trusts to operate with strategic intent when managing the
healthcare market, thereby maximising the NHS's full commercial
leverage, not just to save money but also to improve quality,
patient safety and to reduce inefficiencies.
NHS SBS Commercial Procurement Solutions has the potential to
deliver savings opportunities in excess of GBP3 billion to NHS
Trusts over the next five years.
For further information, please contact Peter Akid on 0161 212
3702, peter_akid@nhs.net
www.sbs.nhs.uk
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