Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS) Annual Report 2018

Published on September 10, 2019

The UN Informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS) Annual Report 2018 has been launched.

The 2018 Report of the UN Informal Interagency Task Teamon Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS) has been launched.The report profiles the work of the Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS) on capacity building in sustainable health procurement and raising awareness on key issues in global health supply chains including renewable energy, water efficiency, human rights, women empowerment in the global health sector, as well as the alarming threat of antimicrobial resistance. SPHS is a contributing member to the Sustainable Public Procurement programme, which has chosen Health as one of its new priority sectors.

The Report profiles the efforts of the SPHS Members (UNDP, UN Environment, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOPS, WHO, Gavi, The Global Fund, and UNITAID) to strengthen sustainability in the global health sector, in order to step up efforts to create a better world for each and every one of us. 2018 was a wake-up call for the world to understand that it is time to take the effects of the climate change more seriously than ever. The SPHS Members continued to leverage their capacity to change the world by prioritizing human and environmental health.

Read the full report on environmental and social issues in global health supply chains here

Sustainable Procurement Programme

The One Planet Network Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) programme is a voluntary global multi-stakeholder partnership in which various parties - governmental, non-governmental, public and private, agree to work together in a systematic way with the aim to promote and accelerate the implementation of sustainable public procurement globally as a way to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

A Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee (MAC), consisting of governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, private sector businesses, intergovernmental organizations as well as academia and UN agencies, is supporting the the efforts to mainstream sustainable public procurement.

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