Resources

Sustainable Procurement Guide

This procurement guide offers a roadmap to develop a sustainable purchasing strategy that prioritises community, environmental health, and safety while reducing costs. This guide is developed by Health Care Without Harm, Global Green and Healthy Hospitals and Practice Green Health. This guide is accessible only to H.E.L.P network members.

Please complete and submit this form to join H.E.L.P and access this guide.

Sustainable Procurement Checklist

The Sustainable Procurement Checklist is a new tool designed to help the health care sector implement successful sustainable procurement programs. With this online tool, organizations can:

• Assess their progress in developing a sustainable procurement program
• Track their progress
• Compare against best practices in sustainable procurement
• Identify priority areas to focus on.

Sustainable Procurement Checklist allows health care organizations to obtain a snapshot assessment of their current procurement program and start building on best practices to reduce their environmental impact. It is directly connected and designed to be used with the Sustainable Procurement Guide, our comprehensive guide for health care organizations to build a best-in-class sustainable procurement program.

Now, health care institutions can assess their progress on sustainable procurement, and based on the results, implement the Sustainable Procurement Guide’s plan – do – check – act cycle to adopt best practices and achieve progress.

Login to GGHH Connect today and start using Checklist in the Hippocrates Data Center

Plastics Assessment Toolkit

This toolkit was developed to help health facilities and the health care sector confront the plastic pollution, change the narrative, introduce solutions and alternatives and work together for a healthier, more sustainable planet for the next generation. As a toolkit, it contains the following major elements: Information on life cycle hazards of different polymers, long term vision and short-term recommendations for action, how-to guide on the conduct of simplified plastics audit, guidance on how to reduce plastics within healthcare, outline of advocacy options within and beyond the healthcare sector, and compilation of available case studies on plastics from GGHH Network members both in Southeast Asia and beyond.

Sustainable Procurement Index for Health

SPIH is a structured set of questions and criteria, organised around a set of key sustainability themes which can be used to identify the sustainability credentials of a supplier and its products. It consists of a set of modules, each containing a range of questions which are worth a number of points. Depending on the number of points scored in each module, an overall score for the supplier can be determined. The SPIH can be used in many different ways, but it has primarily been designed to support the decision-making process as part of a procurement event (i.e. as part of the criteria for selecting a supplier).

The SPIH has been designed to accelerate sustainable procurement in the health sector, by:

• Supporting the decision making of buyers, and providing certainty to suppliers during the procurement process;
• Providing a consistent, robust and transparent method, that clearly communicates expectations for supply chain performance;
• Being proportionate and relevant, respecting the materiality and capability in the supply chain; and
• Not just focusing on risk but providing clear pathways for stakeholders to improve their performance.