Going green a must in 2024?
News Promotional FeaturesPosted by: Dental Design 18th December 2023
Whether it’s a New Year’s Resolution or simply the next on your list of priorities, going green in 2024 is surely a must for dental practice owners. The transition to a more sustainable practice is made easier and more accessible by Greener Dentistry Global (GDG), a sustainability toolkit and accreditation programme for dental practices.
The sustainability toolkit features a checklist of eco-initiatives so that dental teams can work through all essential tasks step-by-step. Davinder Raju, who established GDG in 2020, says: “If you are unsure where to start with becoming more sustainable, the GDG web app exists to support you. It’s about building a community of dental professionals who are committed to sustainability and who understand the interconnectedness of oral health, human health, and planetary health.”
He hopes that colleagues in practice will get on board and work towards accreditation, enabling them to communicate their eco achievement to their patients. GDG represents everything he learned when he set up his sustainable dental practice, the Dove Holistic Dental Centre in Bognor Regis.
He explained: “During the pandemic, I decided to package the knowledge I acquired from setting up my dental practice into a toolkit and to make it available in the form of a web app. Colleagues who sign up for the app and implement the toolkit are rewarded with accreditation. Together, we can create a tipping point where sustainable dentistry will be the norm.”
In 2024, GDG is launching a Fridays for Community (#F4C) initiative for the dental sector. The initiative will be an online social media movement showcasing the power of compassion, collaboration, and change.
