A groundbreaking resource, featuring stories from 25 health care organizations around the globe, offers a roadmap to develop a sustainable purchasing strategy that prioritizes community and environmental health and safety while reducing costs.
Sustainable Procurement Checklist allows health care organizations to obtain a snapshot assessment of their current procurement program and start building on best practices to reduce their environmental impact.
The Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP) is a program developed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with Health Care Without Harm, and funded by the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA), that aims to reduce the harm to people and the environment caused by the manufacture, use and disposal of medical products and by the implementation of health programs.
The Sustainable Procurement Index for Health (SPIH) is a globally established, recognised and adaptable procurement measurement tool. You can access the tools here
Aarhus University Hospital offers an example of circular procurement applied to the healthcare sector and demonstrates that it is not necessarily more expensive to set recycling and environmental criteria in tenders.
The Catalan Region makes use of Pre-Commercial Procurement procedures to research and develop innovative solutions that contribute to societal unmet needs like Antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
