How a healthcare partnership is steering environmental impact beyond plastics

On World Environment Day 2025, the theme Beat Plastic Pollution lands with particular weight in the healthcare sector – an industry long reliant on plastics for safety, sterility and logistics. But as the sector continues to confront its environmental footprint, what does action beyond intention really look like?

In this Health Industry Hub podcast, Omar Sarwary, Customer Care and Order Operations Director at Medtronic ANZ, and George Boutros, Chief Operating Officer at Hoxton Industries, join the conversation to explore the realities of making sustainability practical.

Sarwary speaks to the widening gap between ambition and execution, where bold national plans like Australia’s National Health and Climate Strategy are too often stalled by slow-moving policy, overlapping jurisdictions, and a system still hesitant to move beyond pilot mode.

The duo unpack the Medtronic-Hoxton Industries* partnership, a compelling example of what happens when a global medtech company collaborates with a local social enterprise to shift environmental sustainability from talk to traction, creating meaningful impact for both people and the planet.

*Hoxton Industries provides meaningful employment to more than 100 people who face barriers to mainstream employment, including people living with disabilities.

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