Next week, NCSH is in Odense, Denmark to participate in WHINN- Week of Health and Innovation. Daniel Eriksson, founder and CEO of NCSH will be talking about how the healthcare sector can tackle sustainability challenges head-on at the HEALTH go GREEN event.
WHINN is an international health innovation, life science and health tech conference organized as a festival and includes events, exhibition, match making and networking activities - all within health and innovation.
What a week!
The 6th Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare was packed with innovation, collaboration, and a dash of fun. The fun began with a pre-event at the Embassy of Finland in Copenhagen, where healthcare leaders discussed green hospital designs and set the tone for a week of eco-consciousness. Thank you to our Finnish friends for arranging this event.
Day one at the 6th Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare was filled with exciting panels—experts from Danske Regioner, Sykehusinnkjøp, Mission Kharkiv, Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, UNDP, Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport of the Netherlands, Capital region of Denmark, Consorcio Energia Toscana, Region Stockholm, Skånes University Hospital, Singapore University Healthcare and many more tackled challenges like decarbonizing healthcare and rethinking waste into circular solutions. Attendees got to dive into topics like digital health, sustainable infrastructure and how to engage stakeholders in greener healthcare practices.
Side events were the real treat. Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark showed off its sustainable solutions, while a tour of Malmö’s new hospital building offered up-close views of eco-innovation in action. Not to mention the KitNewCare challenge, which reimagined kidney care with climate goals in mind. Other side events with DiCE, DAPHNE, and NIELS Market Dialogue offered interactive and interesting discussion and workshops.
Between sessions, coffee breaks with amazing sweets and food morphed into lively networking, while the much-anticipated afterparty at Medley allowed all attendees to celebrate with food, drinks, and a few eco-friendly cheers.
In short, this week brought together cutting-edge ideas, cross-border partnerships, and plenty of inspiration to rethink healthcare from the ground up. And with next year’s conference already on the calendar, it’s clear the sustainable healthcare revolution is just getting started!
Once again, we at NCSH want to thank you all for attending this years conference and sustainable healthcare week hope to see you all again next year.
Date: October 15th, 2025
Same place, same time, same vibe.
Today NCSH is in Copenhagen to participate in the LSX Nordic Congress, our international projects coordinator Diego Angelino will be moderating and founder/CEO Daniel Eriksson will be speaking on the session BIOTECH LEADERS, Keen to Go Green: Sustainability in Nordic Life Sciences with Niels Jensen, Head of ReMed Programme, Novo Nordisk.
The LSX Nordic Congress connects life science and healthcare industry leaders with international investment and strategic partners to further the growth, development and internationalisation of Nordic & Baltic life science and healthcare innovation.
The mission is to facilitate ever greater international investment into the region, as well as foster strategic partnerships and collaboration with key international healthcare stakeholders.
Date: 8th-9th October 2024
Time: 8:50-18:30 + 9:00-15:45
Venue: Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Amazing news!
The programme of the 6th Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare is now ready!
In the programme you'll find:
🎤 Our parallel sessions with topics varying from decarbonisation, circularity and sustainable infrastructure und building to extreme resilience, digitalisation, financing and partnerships
🗣️ Our 46 confirmed speakers from the Ukraine, Scandinavia, Singapore, the US, the Netherlands, India and more
🏥 All of our side-events, including hospital visits, a market dialogue and an event on digital health in the circular economy
🥇 Our gold, silver and bronze sponsors
If you are interested in reading the full programme, click on the button below.
Danderyd is one of the largest emergency hospitals in Sweden. We provide university level healthcare with education and research focused on our most common public health issues. Our top priority is ensuring that our patients feel safe, secure, and receive the best possible care and treatment. This is the goal we work towards every day – together.
For us, sustainability means ensuring that everyone who needs care receives it, making our services accessible and non-discriminatory, and fostering a safe, equal, and inclusive workplace. We are committed to being resilient and climate adapted, consuming resources efficiently, and always considering our environmental impact. We strive to prevent financial decisions from harming the environment, human rights, or leading to misconduct such as bribery and corruption.
”Cellcomb creates safer, cleaner and greener solutions for the healthcare market. A new sustainable standard. That is Cellcomb's contribution to the future”
"A diverse group of medical professionals, nurses, global health experts, and humanitarians founded MedGlobal in 2017 to address the health needs of the most vulnerable populations across the globe. MedGlobal partners with local communities to address local and national health priorities, build resilience through training and education, deploy healthcare volunteers when needed, and donate medical equipment, medications, and supplies."
MedGlobal field teams support local health programs for vulnerable populations in Latin America, Africa, MENA, Europe, and Southeast Asia. In addition, MedGlobal has a network of Medical professionals from various specialties from 27 different countries who support our training programs and deployments. Currently, MedGlobal has field teams in the following countries: Mexico, Colombia/Venezuela, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria/Turkey, Palestinian Territories (Gaza Strip), and Yemen.
In the newletter:
The DAPHNE project represents a valuable opportunity to have a significant impact and promote positive and sustainable change.
By promoting the adoption of an integrated approach, DAPHNE stimulates the design and implementation of high-impact actions (energy supply, renewable sources, facilities and operations, supply chain, waste management, etc.) that contribute to the progressive decabornization of the healthcare sector.
In this context and to achieve the general objective of the project, the partners cooperate at an interregional level to achieve the following specific objectives:
Among 8 partner organisations from 7 EU countries, we at NCSH function as an overall European advisory organisation. We will support the partners to exchange experiences, conducting dialogues with national/regional/local authorities, and identifying the best technical solutions, and practices.
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Skåne Care is part of the Swedish public healthcare system and governed by the Region Council of Skåne.
"Our healthcare managers and experienced experts have over time developed the Swedish model and support transformation projects around the world. One of our core areas is Sustainability and we are chairing the Sustainability Conference January 27-28 at Arab Health in Dubai."
Visit their webpage and learn more!
This saturday, NCSH is in Basel (Switzerland) to participate in the 1st European Healthcare Forum for Additive Manufacturing. Daniel Eriksson (Stiftelsen TEM/NCSH) will be talking about "The amazing world of healthcare sustainability and how 3D Printing should enable it”
In collaboration with the Symposium on 3D Printing for Life Sciences, EHFAM focuses on optimizing resources, enhancing networking opportunities, and integrating research, policy, and application. Attendees will engage with diverse experts, form new partnerships, and gain a deeper understanding of the AM healthcare ecosystem.
Health and Stress Medicine consists of the internal occupational health care within Region Västragötaland (VGR), the Institute for Stress Medicine, as well as various region-wide missions.
One of these assignments is coordination of chemical management in VGR regarding mapping/inventory of chemicals, risk assessment and develop phase out strategies of chemicals hazardous to health and the environment. A large and important assignment is the establishment of chemical criteria in procurements and the evaluation of tenders.
Hälsan och Stressmedicin is an active member of the Swedish chemical networks: the National Substitution Group, and the Group for chemicals hazardous to health and the environment in procurement.
Want to know more about Hälsa and Stressmedicine?
Visit their webpage and learn more!
As a partner in the Horizon Europe project KitNewCare, we are thrilled to share the launch of the new project presentation video.
This video provides an overview of the project, outlining its key aims, innovations, and the impact it seeks to make on kidney care and sustainability.
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of HADEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Co-funded by UK Research and Innovation.
Image: KitNewCare
Don't worry! You get a second chance to attend in September:
Mark your calendar and get ready for a crash course on understanding the width of the ecosystem making up sustainable healthcare – and your role in that ecosystem. This session is not just another webinar; it is a gateway to transforming healthcare for the better.
If you are a member in NCSH, you attend completely free of charge (others: 350 EUR excl. VAT). Email
Date: 10 September 2024
Time: 13.00–17.00 CET
Location: Online (Zoom)
Cost: Free of charge for all NCSH members. Others: 350 EUR excl. VAT.
Do not miss this transformative opportunity! Your journey towards sustainable healthcare practices begins here. See you at the webinar!
You will receive a Zoom link to the registered email ahead of the training. To join, please make sure that you have Zoom installed on your computer / smartphone.
The course leader, Daniel Eriksson, is the CEO / Founder of Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare and has worked with sustainability issues in healthcare for over 20 years. Daniel has trained thousands of managers, environmental representatives and employees in sustainable healthcare and has worked with a large number of hospitals and regions, both national and international. He has also worked with Swedish export of environmental technology and has done audits in healthcare with focus on legislative compliance and ISO 14001.
Just across the bridge from NCSH's office in Malmö is Denmark, which also happens to be the country of residence of our newest member: Danish Regions!
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Danish Regions is the interest organization for the five regions in Denmark. The organization is headed by a board of elected regional politicians. The board also elects committees covering various topics, such as the Health Committee and the Committee for Environment and Climate. Danish Regions's overall mission is to safeguard the interests of the regions within healthcare, social affairs, regional development, environment, and climate. The organization also negotiates the annual financial frames of the regions with national government. And it negotiates pay and working conditions for regional employees.
In January 2024, Danish Regions published a new strategy for sustainable hospitals. With the strategy, the five Danish regions have set a common goal to reduce hospitals' consumption-based emissions by 50 percent in 2035 compared to 2022 and to achieve net zero in 2050. The strategy contains three action tracks: 1) procurement, 2) circular economy and behavior, and 3) energy, transport, and buildings. Central to the implementation of the strategy is staff involvement and education, data and monitoring, and partnerships with the national government, industry, and relevant organizations. The strategy has initiatives with focus on respectively medical equipment, surgery, pharmaceuticals, patient and staff meals, waste, laboratories, construction, and digitalization.
Besides the strategy for sustainable hospitals, Danish Regions also cooperate with the municipalities and other stakeholders about the green transition in society.
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Visit their webpage and learn more:
The NCSH network is open to actors worldwide in the area of sustainable healthcare.
Meet Emma Caganić, our dynamic communications officer at the Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare since August 2024. As vibrant as her personality, Emma oversees project communication, website management, newsletters, LinkedIn updates, and member administration.
Her journey includes roles as a communication consultant and team leader, where she enhanced sustainable healthcare processes with a focus on clarity and structure. Emma's international adventures span Berlin and Madrid.
Armed with a Bachelor's in Media and Communications from Jönköping University and further studies at HTW Berlin, Emma is a creative powerhouse.
Off duty, she enjoys poetry, second-hand shopping, and jazz, always ready for the next big idea.
Get in contact with Emma:
A valuable addition to our office this week: Evelien Fiselier is joining the team as NCSH's project officer!
With competencies in five foreign languages and extensive international work experiences, Evelien's biggest strengths lie in the establishment of new connections and collaborations for NCSH and its broad network. She is currently involved in organising the annual Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare and contributes to the overall implementation of NCSH's current projects, including DAPHNE, DesHealth and KitNewCare.
Evelien's educational background is in tourism and sustainable development with a focus on behavioural change. She previously had a role “on-the-ground” as a sustainability officer setting up a baseline greenhouse gas emissions report as a first step to achieving institutional climate neutrality, as well as a research role working on projects on sustainable public (food) procurement, sustainable digitalisation and education for sustainable development.
One of Evelien's last projects included facilitating city-to-city exchanges on public food procurement between three cities in Latin America and Africa and three cities in Europe. In these settings, she worked together with high-level organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the German Commission for UNESCO, the Goethe Institute as well as cross-sectoral actors from across the world.
Now she is ready to apply her expertise to a sustainable healthcare setting!
You can get in contact with Evelien on
Welcome to the team!
This Thursday morning, it is our pleasure to announce the NCSH network's latest addition: Tuscany Energy Consortium!
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Tuscany Energy Consortium (CET) operates as a Tuscany Region aggregating body to manage tender procedures relating to the supply of electricity, natural gas and fuels for heating and for energy efficiency interventions. CET is composed of public bodies only (100 members, 15 of which are health centres/hospitals). CET provides energy audits, technical/economic evaluations on interventions, information on technological innovations, energy management as part of the range of services provided for its members. CET also supplies services to improve the energy performance of hospital and socio-healthcare facilities, through energy performance contracts.
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More information about CET can be found on their website:
The NCSH network is open to actors worldwide in the area of sustainable healthcare.
Together with our partner Mediplast, NCSH is now leading the project Green Design in Single Use Items: The Case of the Improvement of the Mediplast Vomit Bag – a Vinnova-funded project seeking to contribute to sustainable development in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and medical technology products.
The sustainable development of the Mediplast Vomit Bag can substantially decrease the generated waste (including hazardous waste) at healthcare facilities, having a direct impact on the environment (CO2 emissions) and the economy of the healthcare sector. At the same time, designing and manufacturing the product will foster collaboration and awareness of the importance of sustainable design in single use items.
For more information and interest in this project, please contact:
Diego Angelino –
The project is funded by Vinnova, Sweden's Innovation Agency.
Image: Mediplast
2 months and 1 week to go!
The programme for the 6th Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare is now up on the conference site, where you also can buy your ticket, find contact details to sign up for an exhibition slot, and much more:
We look forward to seeing you in Malmö in October!
Our network is growing by leaps and bounds this year! We are now very proud to present Philips as NCSH's newest member:
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on improving people's health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Philips's patient- and people-centric innovation leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver personal health solutions for consumers and professional health solutions for healthcare providers and their patients in the hospital and the home. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, image-guided therapy, monitoring and enterprise informatics, as well as in personal health.
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Philips's healthcare expertise can be discovered in more depth on their website:
The NCSH network is open to actors worldwide in the area of sustainable healthcare.
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