SPHS at World Water Week
•Download as PPTX, PDF•
1 like•84 views
World Water Week is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues, organized by SIWI. Every year, experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm to network, exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing water-related challenges of today. Dr. Rosemary Kumwenda, the UNDP EECA HIV, Health, and Development Regional Team Leader and SPHS Coordinator, delivered a presentation introducing what the SPHS initiative does to green the global healthcare sector.
Recommended
More Related Content
Similar to SPHS at World Water Week
Similar to SPHS at World Water Week (20)
More from UN SPHS
More from UN SPHS (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
SPHS at World Water Week
- 1. Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS) Dr. Rosemary Kumwenda SPHS Coordinator and Team Leader for Regional HIV, Health and Development, UNDP Europe and CIS International Water Week. Stockholm Sweden 28th August, 2017
- 2. Who We Are Established in 2012, SPHS brings together seven United Nations agencies and three global health financing institutions, committed to introducing sustainable procurement in the global health sector and beyond. Our annual cumulative purchasing power is around US$ 5 billion, which represents a sizable portion of the global pharmaceutical and other health products markets. What We Do MULTI- LEVEL PERSPECTI VECROSS- CUTTING INNOVATION DRIVER FOR CHANGE INCLUSIVE APPROACH MARKET INTELLIGEN CE ONLINE ENGAGEME NT PLATFORM BUSINESS TO BUSINESS Our UN procurers, suppliers and manufactures work at global, regional and national levels We address sustainability from different perspectives - public health, the environment, procurement. We promote sustainable health systems and inclusive green economies Our engagement with suppliers and manufacturers is based on systematic consultation, ongoing dialogue and collaboration We can draw on the expertise and knowledge from our far- reaching network We maintain a repository of good practice examples on sustainable procurement and sustainable manufacturing We bring together a global network of technical experts who can support suppliers and manufacturers Achievements Green Procurement Index Health roadmap Guide on Health Procurement and the Compliance with International Environmental Conventions on Chemicals Carbon foot printing of UNDP Global Fund grants Health care waste assessments and waste management toolkits Engagement Strategy with suppliers and manufacturers and a Signed High-Level engagement statement Sustainable Health Procurement Guidelines and Procurers training Environmental Questionnaire for suppliers and manufacturers Partnerships with Health Care without Harm, SIWI, Skoll Foundation, UNF www.savinglivesustainably.org
- 3. ⚫Thank you.
Editor's Notes
- .
- I would like to begin with a brief introduction of the SPHS initiative, answering the question who we are. The initiative spun off from the momentum created by the UN’s Greening the Blue, a UN-wide campaign embedding sustainability throughout its operations to move towards climate neutrality. There was a rising interest in the UN procurement operations of health commodities and services. Staff of various UN agencies came together, realizing the agencies aims of improving human health and planetary health, could be further supported by lowering the environmental impact of UN procurement. The SPHS was officially established in May 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark, but since January 2015 is hosted at the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub in Turkey. The initiative has since grown to include 7 UN agencies and 3 multi-lateral health financing institutions and since 2015, the SPHS is hosted by the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub. SPHS facilitates and coordinates the introduction of sustainable procurement in the health sector among its members through technical expertise and in addition, it leverages the normative mandate and joint procurement volumes of the SPHS member agencies to influence the global health sector and beyond towards greener health systems and green economies.