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Endoscopy 2025; 57(06): 674-688
DOI: 10.1055/a-2543-0400
Position Statement

Endoscopic Sustainability PrimAry Reporting Essentials (E-SPARE): European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement

João A. Cunha Neves  ‡   ‡
 1   Department of Gastroenterology, Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal
,
Robin Baddeley‡   ‡
 2   St. Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, London, United Kingdom
 3   King’s Health Partners Institute for Therapeutic Endoscopy, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
 4   Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
,
Heiko Pohl
 5   Section of Gastroenterology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and VA White River Junction, Vermont, USA
,
Mathieu Pioche
 6   Endoscopy Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
,
Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga 
 7   Department of Gastroenterology, University and Polytechnic La Fe Hospital/IIS La Fe, Valencia, Spain
,
Eduardo Albéniz Arbizu 
 8   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario de Navarra. Navarrabiomed Biomedical Research Center, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA. Pamplona, Spain
,
Andrei Mihai Voiosu 
 9   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, and Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
,
Christoph Römmele 
10   Department of Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
,
Leigh Donnelly
11   Endoscopy Department, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, Northumberland, United Kingdom
,
Luca Elli 
12   Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
,
Pedro Lopez-Muñoz 
13   Gastroenterology Department, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain
,
Dorothea Henniger
14   Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
,
Kareem Khalaf
15   Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
16   Department of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
,
Marco J. Bruno
17   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
,
Marianna Arvanitakis
18   Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Oncology and Hepatopancreatology, HUB Hôpital Erasme, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
,
Raf Bisschops 
19   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), TARGID, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
,
Cesare Hassan
16   Department of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
20   Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
,
Helmut Messmann
10   Department of Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
,
Ian Mark Gralnek
21   Ellen and Pinchas Mamber Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
,
Peter D. Siersema
17   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
,
Siwan Thomas-Gibson
 2   St. Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, London, United Kingdom
 4   Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
,
Bu'Hussain Hayee 
 3   King’s Health Partners Institute for Therapeutic Endoscopy, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
22   Department of Gastroenterology, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
,
Enrique Rodriguez de Santiago  ∗   *
23   Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
,
Mário Dinis-Ribeiro∗   *
24   Department of Gastroenterology, Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center (Porto.CCC), and RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Porto, Portugal
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Abstract

A growing number of studies aim to evaluate gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy services from the perspective of their environmental impact. However, there are currently no guidelines or frameworks which provide specifically for the reporting of endoscopy sustainability studies, and a variety of metrics and assessment tools have been employed in the literature. To improve the clarity, transparency, and quality of reporting, the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has developed a reporting framework for the community of researchers interested in conducting studies on sustainable GI endoscopy.

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Article published online:
20 March 2025

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