In their new strategy, under “Prioritising people and communities” the CQC list environmental sustainability as one of the metrics that they will mark services on. In the coming months, it is expected that CQC inspections will look to practices and PCNs to increasingly evidence their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and green credentials. Common to both is the concept of sustainability. But amidst all the other pressures that GP practices are under and many other competing priorities, why is the ‘green’ agenda so important?