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The Second Hospital of Jilin University has been actively working on sustainability for years, and has made outstanding achievements in building energy savings, medical waste management, and hazardous chemical reduction.

Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP) case study: China Environmental United Certification Center, Beijing, China.

GGHH sustainability focal points have engaged the National Centre for Disease Control procurement officers and supply chain professionals to move sustainability through the agency.

 A comprehensive National Green Hospital Standard Accreditation was developed in collaboration with the Health & Leadership Platform (HELP) & Quality Accreditation Institute (QAI) that highlights the relationship of procurement to the standard as a whole.

The hospital is a leader in implementing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - reducing the use of hazardous pesticides by substituting more sustainable choices. The facility drafted and implemented an IPM policy which led to the adoption of a province-wide policy (Free State), ensuring that the practice became a required practice.

The goals were to achieve an overall cleanliness score of above 90% during the National Core Standards Assessment, reduce cleaning chemical-related injuries on duty, and to phase-out cleaning products that appear on the Health Without Harm's Chemicals of Concern to Health and the Environment list.

Sustainable Health in Procurement Project (SHiPP) case study: E.S.E. Hospital San Rafael de Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia

In 2020, due to the need to reinforce cleaning and disinfection actions to minimize SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with the help of the Infections Committee, the COVID Interdisciplinary Group, and the Supplies Management and Environmental Management areas, Club Noel Children's Clinical Foundation started a thorough exploration of the active components of the supplies needed to clean and disinfect the hospital, complying with all protocols of the Colombian National Health Institute.

The Communal Department of Health is an outsourced service dedicated to managing the public health centers of Talca’s municipality. In 2011, the health system embarked on a plan to improve its environmental performance in several areas, such as waste management and mercury-containing medical devices, among others.

Aarhus University Hospital offers an example of circular procurement applied to the healthcare sector and demonstrates that it is not necessarily more expensive to set recycling and environmental criteria in tenders.

The Catalan Region makes use of Pre-Commercial Procurement procedures to research and develop innovative solutions that contribute to societal unmet needs like Antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

In Sweden, harmonising sustainability criteria amongst different public authorities is important to reduce administrative burden and give a clear signal to the market through specialised collaborative networks that share expertise and tools.