
Sustainable Healthcare Aotearoa
We are a professional network that has a vision to create a sustainable future for all healthcare services in Aotearoa New Zealand
Meet the Team
Sustainable Healthcare Aotearoa has three co-chairs who support the network

Co-Chair
Vicktoria Blake
Viewing her work through a national perspective, Vicktoria dedicates significant time to engaging both regionally and locally within environmental spheres, spanning climate risk and adaptation, biodiversity, transportation, and circular solutions. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in business management and a master’s in environmental management, Vicktoria brings a well-rounded approach to organisational sustainability, with a resolute commitment to prioritising te taiao.
Driven by a profound concern for the future of her mokopuna, Vicktoria adopts a forward-looking, solutions-oriented stance towards resilience, sustainability, and emissions reduction. She advocates strongly for integrating a health and wellbeing perspective into all policy and strategy formulations, particularly within discussions pertaining to climate risk and adaptation. Additionally, Vicktoria is dedicated to ensuring that the health system takes proactive measures to mitigate its own contributions to climate change and environmental degradation.

Co-Chair
Erin Aspros
Erin is driven by a commitment to a more sustainable and resilient Aotearoa. Her career across New Zealand and overseas has shaped a strategic, systems‑level perspective, enabling her to navigate complex regulatory environments and global ESG expectations with confidence. As Lead Advisor for Sustainability and Climate Change at ACC, Erin strengthens the organisation’s sustainability direction, builds cross‑sector partnerships, and advances ESG integration in support of ACC’s purpose and its role in Aotearoa’s wider health and wellbeing system.
With a Bachelor of Science from Victoria University, she combines analytical strength with a values‑led approach to environmental and organisational wellbeing. Erin is equipped to guide organisations through climate risk, adaptation planning, and emissions‑reduction pathways aligned with national and global imperatives and has recently completed the Climate Change Governance Essentials programme with the Institute of Directors New Zealand.
Solutions‑oriented and future‑focused, Erin champions commercial and governance approaches that prioritise environmental stewardship, organisational resilience, and the long‑term wellbeing of communities.

Co-Chair
Greg Nelson
Greg has decades of management and leadership experience across a diverse range of sectors and countries. For the last several years, he has worked in sustainability within the retail, transportation, technology, and healthcare industries, as well as in both the private and public sectors. He has been at Southern Cross Healthcare since late 2023, where he is working on waste reduction, adaptation to climate change, sustainable procurement, and Southern Cross's steps towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2040.
Before his sustainability career, Greg worked in Asia, Australia and New Zealand in data analytics and market research consulting, specialising in the technology, retail, and finance industries.
