SPHS presented at the PSM Workshop for the UNDP-Global Fund

1. 1
Dr. Rosemary Kumwenda
The SPHS Secretariat Coordinator
rosemary.kumwenda@undp.org
Mirjana Milic
The SPHS Secretariat Associate Coordinator
mirjana.milic@undp.org
Kiev, UKRAINE; September 30, 2016
United Nations informal Interagency Task Team
on Sustainable Procurement in the Health
Sector (SPHS): Key Achievements and
Next Steps
© 2013 The Global Fund / John
Rae

2. SPHS Task Team is, through a transparent and inclusive
engagement process, leveraging its normative and market
power, lowering the environmental impact of its
procurement, with a final aim of improving human health
and well-being.

3. normative mandate
procurement leverage
financial volumes
technical expertise

4. INTRODUCTION
We aim to enhance the global partnership for sustainable
development by promoting public procurement practices
that are sustainable.

8. • Tool for Monitoring the Compliance with
International Environmental Conventions on
Chemicals. Development and upcoming
implementation across the UN agencies and UNDP
COs; Endorsement by UNDP HQ
• Environmental Questionnaire. Development and
implementation through multi-stakeholder
consultation process; Endorsement by UNDP HQ
• Online Knowledge Hub of Best Practices in
Sustainable Health Procurement and
Manufacturing. www.savinglivesustainably.org

9. 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

10. INTRODUCTION
Checklist, Indicators and Guidance

11. Automated Report Dashboard

12. Environmental Questionnaire for
Suppliers and Manufacturers
• Based on international standards, Global Compact principles, Global
Reporting indicators and existing and well accepted environmental
scorecards and questionnaires from other national and international
organizations
• International consultation with feedback from more than 15 technical
experts from the SPHS network list
• Development of environmental profiles of suppliers and of green
procurement criteria that will be used for the further development of
the GPIH

13. Environmental Questionnaire for
Suppliers and Manufacturers

16. • Innovative Online Environmental Assessment
Tool. Development and Implementation
• Tool for Monitoring the Compliance with
International Environmental Conventions on
Chemicals. Implementation across the UN
agencies and UNDP COs
• Social Questionnaire. Development and
Implementation
• Capacity Development. Sustainable public health
procurement trainings for UNDP COs
• 1st Saving Lives Sustainably: Asia Forum –
Sustainable Manufacturing in the Health Sector.
Bangkok, Thailand, 1st – 3rd November, 2017

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