Environmental sustainability in diabetes: improving the quality of diabetes management through HTA and system-level change?

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Commentary highlights environmental impact of diabetes care and the role of health technology assessment in promoting sustainability.

Diabetes management significantly contributes to carbon emissions and plastic waste, necessitating urgent action.
Environmental sustainability challenges highlighted, showing the critical need for integrated approaches in diabetes care.
Health technology assessment agencies are key in incorporating environmental factors into healthcare decision-making.
The growing prevalence of diabetes presents unique opportunities for integrating sustainability in system-level changes.

Pegg et al. (2025) studied this question.

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