Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare (NCSH) is a cross-sectoral network involving stakeholders, organisations, projects and expertise in the area of sustainable healthcare – all sharing the goal of creating a more sustainable healthcare sector.
The network of NCSH includes companies, hospitals, regions, universities, NGOs, clusters and more. Together they form an arena which generates collaborations, projects, business, knowledge and new innovative ideas.
NCSH aims to:
Raise the status and awareness of sustainable healthcare
Boost innovation and investments in sustainable healthcare
Bring world-class solutions and ideas to the Nordics
Deliver Nordic solutions and knowledge to the world
Background
The Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare is a network initiated and led by Stiftelsen TEM. TEM has a solid experience of sustainable healthcare in a variety of contexts, along with a unique competence and extended network in the area. We work with private and public healthcare establishments, business clusters, suppliers and international NGOs. TEM is a foundation and functions as a non-for-profit NGO. Read more here: www.tem.se
TEM launched the Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare as a platform to structure and develop the knowledge base and work experience built up over a decade.
Our network creates value and growth opportunities for our partners and members
The Nordic countries have a solid knowledge base and advanced technologies with improved environmental performance and sustainability in healthcare. In most areas within sustainable healthcare the Nordics are among the best globally and in many cases the best. This knowledge and solutions can be transferred to other parts of the world.
Sustainable Healthcare is horizontal, not vertical
Sustainable Healthcare is cross-sectoral and not assigned to specific industry sectors. On the other hand a certain percentage of companies in almost all industrial sectors have sustainable healthcare solutions as the model below is showing.
Some examples of the sustainability challenges in healthcare we want to address:
- Energy efficiency in healthcare- and hospital buildings
- Hazardous substances in medical devices
- Transportation in healthcare
- Climate impact from healthcare operations
- Supply chain management and human rights in the supply chain
- Reduction of dangerous chemicals
- Improving the sustainability performance from Med Tech and Life Science
- Waste water treatment and water management
- Single-use items
- Green building design
- Pharmaceuticals in the environment
- Waste management and waste reduction
- Infectious waste treatment