Environmental, social, and governance
Sustainability in healthcare at Calvary
In accordance with our strategic intent, mission and values, Calvary is committed to caring for our resources and creating a sustainable future by acting responsibly and finding opportunity for positive impact.
Our commitment includes:
upgrading and maintaining our facilities, ICT assets, infrastructure, and work environments
Pursuing innovative enterprise for the benefit of our people and our environment.
Sustaining and developing new sources of funding to serve people now and in the future.
Creating opportunities and partnerships to utilise our resources more effectively in the service of others
Extending beyond our direct patients and clients to care for anyone involved in the service we deliver, every day.
Caring for our environment
At Calvary we acknowledge the potential impact our activities have on the environment and are committed to ensuring the continual improvement of environmental management as an integral component in the delivery of our health, aged and community services.
Keep Me in the Loop® program at Calvary’s Hobart hospitals
The first trial of the Keep Me in the Loop® program began at Calvary’s Hobart hospitals - Calvary St Johns and Calvary Lenah Valley - in May, where an impressive 3700 kilograms of the clean, single-use material has already been saved from landfill.
It has now come full circle with collections now underway at Calvary’s two Launceston hospitals and the program has expanded to include harder unsoiled plastics such as bowls and bottles.
“As an organisation, Calvary is committed to responsibly managing our precious resources now and into the future, and I’m proud also that this initiative is being driven by staff themselves.”
Garry Stratton - Manager of Perioperative Services for Calvary St Luke’s and Calvary St Vincent’s Hospitals
Read the full media release in our News section:
Cyber security
Cyber security and data privacy are increasingly important due to the digitisation of health information and the increasing sophistication of cyber activity.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, these threats increased significantly in line with a global rise in cyber-attacks, with much of the malicious activity focused on phishing attacks in an attempt to convince people to click on suspicious emails and attachments.
Our information and cyber security policy and practices are risk-based and focus on protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and the availability of our critical assets (people, systems, and processes).
Awareness training is seen as a critical element of our strategy, with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) reporting that at least 67% of breaches in Australia are caused by human error. Training has been tailored to be engaging and relevant to staff roles and will become a regular part of our education programs allowing knowledge, sentiment and engagement to be tracked.
Actions taken to strengthen cyber security include:
- Staff training on information and cyber security risks
- Prompt patching of internet-facing software, operating systems and devices
- Use of multi-factor authentication across remote access services
- A comprehensive risk response available for significant cyber breaches
- Critical infrastructure managed through a multinational ICT organisation with Defence strength capability
Modern Slavery Act
Modern Slavery Act
Calvary is a member of the Australian Catholic Anti-Slavery Network (ACAN) and committed to the eradication of modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced labour.
Learn more about how we are actively addressing risks in our hiring practices, and supply chains of our business.
