Why are the Nordics frontrunners in sustainable healthcare and what can others learn from it?
We at NCSH are proud to present the White paper on Nordic Sustainable Healthcare, which we have been working on for the past year.
From the summary:
Climate change is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing societies today and action must be taken in a wide range of sectors – healthcare being no exception. WHO estimates that around 5 % to 15 % of the carbon emissions in developed countries derives from healthcare services. It is therefore of great importance that this sector is targeted if we are going to reach the UN sustainable goals which have been set.
The Nordic countries are world leading in creating sustainable healthcare. By adapting the operations, setting sustainability criteria when procuring devices and by controlling outputs from hospitals, the environmental impact is kept to a minimum. In this white paper, you will find five main focus areas connected to how the Nordic region works with sustainable healthcare.
The White paper is part of the Nordic Welfare Solutions project run by Nordic Innovation. The project is one of six flagship projects under the Nordic prime ministers' Nordic Solutions to Global Challenges initiative and is coordinated by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
