Table 2.

Barriers to implementing green surgery initiatives identified by perioperative professionals

	Overall	HIC	LMIC
Lack of information about which green surgery initiatives should be prioritized	77.0	76.0	78.2
Lack of guidance for how to implement green surgery initiatives	75.2	74.0	67.6
Lack of support from hospital management for green surgery initiatives	59.0	60.2	57.5
Lack of engagement by theatre team with green surgery issues	48.4	46.8	50.5
Lack of hospital sustainability lead	76.2	75.5	77.2
Lack of operating theatre sustainability lead	88.4	90.0	95.9
Perceived cost of implementing green surgery initiatives	62.3	60.9	64.1
Lack of time to implement green surgery initiatives	37.6	44.7	28.7
None of the above is a barrier at my hospital	2.3	2.4	2.2

Values are percentages. HIC, high-income country; LMIC, low–middle-income country.