Procurement is a strategic instrument that public authorities and purchasers in health care can use to trigger societal and environmental benefits.

HCWH is committed to establishing and globalizing procurement criteria, leveraging health care’s purchasing power to drive policies and markets towards ethically produced, healthy, and sustainable products and services.

HCWH Europe has published a new report, Guidelines for the procurement of safer medical devices, that gives an overview of the European regulatory framework surrounding procurement of medical devices and provides a step-by-step guide to implementing sustainable procurement initiatives in health care settings.