healthcare procurement and compliance with international conventions on chemicals

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Ignacio Sanchez DiazGreening Health Systems SpecialistUNDP Istanbul Regional HHD Team UN informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (iIATT-SPHS)

Fostering Sustainable ProcurementCopenhagen, May 11, 2016

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HEALTHCARE PROCUREMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

CONVENTIONS ON CHEMICALS

Funding partners:

Green Procurement Index Health (GPIH)

International Environmental

Conventions on Chemicals

This novel and unique tool will allow

procurement practitioners to measure and

monitor the status and progress of healthcare

procurement related to the compliance with

International Environmental Conventions

The indicators proposed as part of this guide are

intended to serve as a building block of the

GPIH and the compliance with International

Environmental Conventions might be considered

as one of the pillars for the development of the

Index

International Environmental

Conventions on Chemicals

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

• Substances that Parties must eliminate in their production and use. Annex A to the

Convention

• Substances that Parties must restrict in production and use. Annex B to the

Convention

• Substances that parties must reduce from unintentional releases. Annex C to the

Convention

PVCDDT

International Environmental

Conventions on Chemicals

Minamata Convention on Mercury

• Mercury-added medical products: It is used throughout health care in a variety of

products, including thermometers; sphygmomanometers; dental amalgam;

laboratory chemicals, etc.

• Safe and cost-effective non-mercury alternatives that exist for nearly all uses of

mercury in health care

• 2020 phase out deadline

International Environmental

Conventions on Chemicals

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

• Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) are still being produced and used in

different sectors, for example in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump

systems. Some solvents considered as ODS are used in laboratories and in the

pharmaceutical industry

• There are eco-labels, such as EU eco-label or The Blue Angel, certifying the

non-use of ODS in products

International Environmental

Conventions on Chemicals

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of

Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

• Disposal of hazardous healthcare waste must be done at an approved facility,

which is authorized to operate for this purpose by a relevant authority of the State

where the site or facility is located

• Waste streams related to health products:

• Clinical waste from hospitals, medical centers and clinics

• Waste from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products

• Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines

• Waste from the production, formulation and use of biocides and

phytopharmaceuticals

International Environmental

Conventions on Chemicals

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for

Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

• The Convention does not apply to pharmaceuticals, including human and

veterinary drugs nor wastes

• The chemicals listed in the Convention include pesticides still procured in

some cases by global health organizations as a disease control vector in

regions at high risk of malaria transmission

INTRODUCTION

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION.

IGNACIO SANCHEZ DIAZGreening Health Systems Specialist

UNDP Istanbul Regional HHD Team

UN informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable

Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS)

ignacio.sanchez.diaz@undp.org

Twitter: @SanchezDIgnacio

MIRJANA MILICSPHS Associate Coordinator

UN informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable

Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS)

mirjana.milic@undp.org

Twitter: @milic_mirjana

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