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Making the Transition to Green Products

Making the Transition to Green Products. Mark Rossi, PhD. May 19, 2009. Green Purchasing Power of Health Care 2. Global Health & Safety Initiative (GHSI) – Healthy Purchasing 3. Taking Action. overview. $227.5 billion = prescription drugs (2007).

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Making the Transition to Green Products

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  1. Making the Transition to Green Products Mark Rossi, PhD May 19, 2009

  2. Green Purchasing Power of Health Care 2. Global Health & Safety Initiative (GHSI) – Healthy Purchasing 3. Taking Action overview

  3. $227.5 billion = prescription drugs (2007) • health care spending = $2.2 trillion or 16% of GDP (2007) • $24.5 billion = durable med. equip. (2007) • $37.4 billion = non-durable medical products (2007) • $30 billion = construction (2006) market power

  4. mercury-free medical devices • medical waste alternatives • PVC-/DEHP-free plastic • BPA-free products • BFR-/PBDE-free products • green buildings • electronics -- environmentally preferable green purchasing opportunities

  5. A Social Movement Providing Leadership to Transform Health Care • Five Work Groups • * Built Environment • * Healthy Purchasing • * Sustainable Operations • * Research Collaborative • * Corporate Social Responsibility & Public Policy www.globalhealthsafety.org

  6. Mission The mission of the Healthy Purchasing Workgroup is to harness the collective purchasing power of participating hospital systems and their GPOs to generate demand for inherently safer productsand services for patients, workers, and the environment. • Projects • EPP Guidance Document • Priority Specifications • Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Specifications healthy purchasing workgroup

  7. Endorsers Ascension Health AmeriNet Broadlane Catholic Healthcare West Consorta, Inc. Health Care Without Harm HIGPA Hospital Sisters Health System Kaiser Permanente MedAssets Novation Practice Greenhealth Premier Inc. St. Joseph Health System epp guidance

  8. Priority Specifications Including … • PVC / DEHP-free • Halogen-free electronics • Recycled paper • Greener cleaners • Mercury-free • Reuse of Single Use Devices • Local & Sustainably Produced Food • Food Service Ware products priority specifications

  9. Online data base to include: • Model specifications • Model RFI/RFP language • Availability of preferred products + their cost implications • Resource links epp specs resources

  10. Alignment of providers on environmental priorities • Greater availability of environmentally preferable products • Reduced facility cost for tools and materials • Simpler purchasing processes through shared web-based resource with: • model specifications/contract language • case studies benefits of collaboration

  11. Adopt Guidelines & Pledges • Mercury-, Latex-, PVC-/DEHP-, BPA-free • Food, Guiding Principles for Chemicals Policy, Green Guide for Health Care Construction • Collaborate • GHSI • Practice Greenhealth • Health Care Without Harm • Make Purchasing Choices taking action

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