Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), principles of the UN Supplier Code of Conduct and the Ten Principles of the Global Compact, all UN agencies will gradually shift their procurement process towards more sustainable production and consumption patterns. Proceeding on the assumption that health sector procurement is burdening the environment on the following dimensions:

          - Greenhouse gas emissions
          - Resource depletion (water, energy and material consumption) and
          - Chemical pollution

Sessions are tailored for non-experts of environmental issues and therefore explicitly addressing participants, with different kinds of professional backgrounds. From the organizers’ point of view, a successful meeting would mean that procurement practitioners share their experience, initiatives and stories and most importantly, initialize an internal organization’s dialogue and advocate to adapt environmental aspects into their procurement processes, if not yet done so, committing to certain goals.

It would be deemed as a success if procurers would explore opportunities on how to connect to the Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS) and collaborate on the further development of sustainable procurement initiatives and tools. The procurers will have a chance to learn more about the new SPHS online engagement platform, where they can also share their success stories, connect with the global SPHS expert network and attend future webinars on sustainable procurement.

09.00 – 09.30 Registration

09.30 – 09.45 Welcome remarks

09.45 – 10.30 Cutting-edge UN Sustainable Procurement: Introduction to the SPHS

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30 Good-practice examples from the public sector

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 – 14.45 Private sector insights: Sustainable supply chains in the health sector

14.45 – 15.45 Innovative tool: Compliance with International Environm. Conventions

15.45 – 16.00         Closing remarks