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
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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)
Twitter: @SanchezDIgnacio
MIRJANA MILICSPHS Associate Coordinator
UN informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable
Procurement in the Health Sector (SPHS)
Twitter: @milic_mirjana
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