External news

On August 5th, one of our members could be spotted on the TV screen: FrostPharma! Henrik Alfredsson from WoodSafe® was interviewed in a feature by SVT (a Swedish public service television company) at Danderyd Hospital, discussing the importance of taking action on plastic use within the healthcare sector. Every year over 4 million hazardous waste bins are sent to combustion – only in Sweden! This...

Are you interested in, or do you even have solutions to tackle, the challenge of recycling disposable products in healthcare? Then you should attend NCSH's member Sustainable Business Hub's online workshop on June 28th: "Procuring recycling solutions for single use sanitary materials". This webinar is organised as part of the project BRINC. Register here   Date: 28 June 2023 Time: 15.30 – 16.30...

NCSH are co-writers of the new handbook 'Sustainability in MedTech Design: Methods, Tools and Practice' – a book for MedTech professionals, through the lens of sustainability. "The effects of climate change on human health are gaining attention worldwide. Healthcare systems suffer these impacts while being responsible for 4.4% of global CO2 emissions: new sustainable solutions are urgently...

NCSH's member ClimaCheck has released version 6 of their onsite software, meaning enhanced real time performance analysis of HVACR systems: Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration. The new ClimaCheck onsite software includes: An updated platform with increased calculation capacity, enhanced flexibility, and advanced HVACR system visualisation. The possibility to add and...

Please note: This event is held in Swedish for Swedish actors. Fredag den 12 maj kommer Energimyndigheten, Business Sweden och Tysk-Svenska Handelskammaren till Malmö för att berätta om sina internationella företagsacceleratorer – och vilka möjligheter programmen skapat för tidigare deltagare. Läs mer och registrera dig för att höra om programmen för Indien, Sydostasien, Tyskland, USA samt den...

Read about how our member NuGreen's recent healthcare waste audits are becoming crucial stepping stones towards net zero: "Waste management within the NHS (National Health Service) is a complex area that has great potential to be an exemplar in sustainable initiatives as part of the organisation's carbon net zero journey.    Healthcare waste management is an area of high impact on scope 3...

'Whole System Transformation of Healthcare Infrastructure' This is the topic of the upcoming workshop organised by the NCSH member European Health Property Network. Sign up using the button below: To registration form Date: 27–29 March 2023Location: Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen (Denmark) "The European Health Property Network's 2023 workshop takes inspiration from the programme of...

LUXlife is announcing this year's Health, Beauty & Wellness Awards – and our member is in the running for a prize! Care has been a theme during and after the pandemic in several ways, on a personal as well as societal level. Health, Beauty and Wellness Awards 2023 aims to recognise companies that provide market-leading products with care in mind. NCSH's member Hygiene of Sweden, and their alcohol-free...

As a supplier of high-tech automation, the Danish company Gibotech starts the year off with a new project in Sweden Automating processes in hospitals often mean improved working environments and care for equipment, both effects adding to more sustainable healthcare facilities. With their high-tech automation cells and robots, this is the expertise of Gibotech – one of NCSH's members – as they begin...

Many of the solutions needed for greener hospitals are available today – we simply need united action to make use of them! Dagens Medicin in Sweden has created the project "Framtidens Sjukhus" (the hospital of the future), and we at NCSH have had the pleasure to contribute with a written piece. We point to the importance of collaboration between Swedish actors to boost sustainable healthcare as a...