Kidney Care Sustainability Network

This guide is for everyone living with CKD who wants to eat more plant-based foods, and those interested to learn more. If you have advanced CKD (stages 4 and 5), you may benefit from the advice of a…

Hear from Cade Musgrove as he shares his lived experience of End-Stage Kidney Disease, long-term dialysis, transplantation, and how nutrition and lifestyle have shaped his journeyAbout the Speaker:…

Case study describing a water conservation programme in haemodialysis, focussing on reduced dialysate flow and high-recovery reverse osmosis, to achieve substantial water savings without compromising…

The environmental impact of dialysis care is a significant concern, with attention often focused on energy and water use. However, a critical and overlooked source of potent greenhouse gas emissions…

The current kidney care model-focused on late-stage disease and in-center hemodialysis-is unsustainable, because of costs, environmental burden, poor outcomes, and reduced quality of life.The 78th…

Watch to hear from Prof Alberto Ortiz on preventing chronic kidney disease as a win-win for both patients and the environment, drawing on extensive European and international experience.About the…

This document aims to provide a robust set of best practice guidelines for Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) in kidney care facilities. The guidelines will help to improve the environmental…

BackgroundHaemodialysis (HD) contributes vastly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Recognizing this, the German Society for Nephrology initiated a web-based carbon footprint assessment tool to…

Hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis are among the most resource-intensive medical therapies, owing to their high energy and water consumption, heavy reliance on disposable…

Rationale & Objective: Hemodialysis is the most common form of kidney replacement therapy and has a significant environmental footprint, raising sustainability concerns as demand increases. This study…