Report

1. United Nations Development Programme
Dr. Christoph Hamelmann
Regional Team Leader and Senior Advisor
(Europe, Central Asia and Arab States)
HIV, Health and Development
Coordinator, Sustainable Procurement
in the Health Sector (iIATT-SPHS)
Presentation at The Global Fund
Geneva, 15 April 2015
Environmental
Safeguarding of Global
Health Initiatives
Towards
Sustainable
Development Goals

2. United Nations Going Green
 On 5 June 2007, the UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon publicly called on all UN agencies, funds
and programmes to
'go green' and become climate neutral.
 UN Sustainability Initiative
‘Greening the Blue’

3. UNDP
Sustainability Standards and Procedures
 UNDP social and environmental
standards and Screening procedures
 Key elements of UNDP’s Social and
Environmental Standards (SES)

4. Sustainable Development Aid
 USAID Sustainability Policy Statement DFID Corporate Social and Environmental
Responsibility Statement

5. Multilateral Financing Institutions
Environmental Policies
 Gavi Environmental Statement
o Commitment to minimize the
impact on the environment
 UNITAID Green Procurement Policy
o UNITAID supports the 4 R’s strategy
- Re-think the requirements to reduce environmental impact
- Reduce material consumption
- Recycle materials/waste
- Reduce energy consumption

6. Sustainable Procurement
in the Health Sector (SPHS)
 Establishment of
evidence-based standards
 Implementation of
environmental product
specifications and
procurement criteria
 Engagement with
suppliers / manufacturers
and global health
financing agencies

7. Sustainable Procurement
in the Health Sector (SPHS)
Three dimensions:
 Greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG)
 Resource depletion
(water, energy and
material consumption)
 Chemical pollution

8.  UNFPA Green Procurement Strategy
 UNEP/ITCILO/UNOPS have developed face-to-
face sustainable procurement training package
for procurement officers
o Concrete guidance on tools, techniques and best practices
o Based on a combination of presentations and participatory
methods
Green Procurement Strategies/Trainings
 UNDP developed Practitioner’s Guide to
Sustainable Procurement

9. Introducing Green Practices in the Health Sector

10. Publications/Guidelines

11. United Nations Development Programme
Towards
Sustainable
Development Goals
Helen Clark
Keynote Address to Preparatory Session for the 3rd
International Conference On
Financing for Development United Nations, New
York, November 2014
‘The SDGs require major
changes to be made in
how public monies are
used to address
international challenges.’

12. United Nations Development ProgrammeSaving Lives Sustainably
Protecting Millions of People Against
Malaria in Chad © 2015 The Global Fund
(Andrew Esiebo)

13. United Nations Development Programme
christoph.hamelmann@undp.org
Twitter: @cahamelmann
Christoph Hamelmann
UNDP
Jan-Gerd Kühling
ETLog
Kristian Steele
ARUP