Health Systems Task Force
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The Health Systems Task Force is taking joint, scalable action to accelerate the delivery of net zero healthcare – to improve individual, societal, and planetary health.
This public-private strategic partnership brings together CEOs and leaders from AstraZeneca, GSK, Merck KGaA, Novo Nordisk, Reckitt, Roche, Samsung Biologics, Sanofi, Bupa, Novartis, National Health Service England, the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition, UNICEF, the University of Pavia, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Ahead of COP28, Task Force members have launched sector-first commitments, actions and recommendations to deliver near-term targets and support the transition to net zero, sustainable healthcare. These actions focus on four priority areas: Supply Chain and Patient Care Pathways Decarbonisation, Digital Innovation and Consumer Health & Wellbeing.
Hear from Task Force members on their shared action to decarbonise health systems.
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Five global healthcare leaders secure industry-first, multi-party agreement to access renewable power in China
AstraZeneca, Lonza, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Roche have signed an agreement in China with leading green technology company Envision Energy to unlock access to renewable power, resulting in potential annual carbon dioxide equivalent savings of approximately 120,000 tonnes.
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Advancing Sector Decarbonisation Ahead of COP28
Ahead of COP28, the Task Force shares its progress to reduce the environmental footprint of health systems.
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Open Letter to Suppliers published
The private sector members of the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force have signed an open letter, calling on suppliers to sign up to joint, minimum climate and sustainability targets to play their part in decarbonising the healthcare value chain. The targets aim to reduce emissions across the value chain and reduce the complexity of multiple asks for suppliers, through setting common expectations of the minimum targets that suppliers should achieve.
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Joint Supplier Targets Announced
The Health Systems Task Force has come together to set joint, minimum climate and sustainability targets for suppliers, to address emissions across the value chain and reduce the complexity of multiple asks for suppliers.
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The Health Systems Task Force joined BCG's 'The So What?' podcast
Leaders from the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force joined BCG’s “The So What?” podcast to discuss the climate-health nexus and the urgent need to decarbonise health systems. In a new episode, Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, and Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, discuss why global health leaders felt it was critical to tackle these issues together and what progress has been achieved through their partnership.
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HEALTH SYSTEMS TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES JOINT COMMITMENTS
Sector-first commitments to accelerate net-zero health systems
Endorsement of commitments and action by health systems strategic partners
Through the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force, seven global pharmaceutical CEOs have aligned on sector-first commitments to achieve near-term emissions reduction and accelerate the decarbonisation of health systems.
The Task Force actions, commitments and recommendations have been endorsed by key health systems stakeholders.
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Introducing Patient Earth
The climate crisis is the biggest public health crisis of our time. Watch our #PatientEarth film here to learn more about the interconnection between the health of people and our planet, and why action at scale is critical.
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Sir Pascal Soriot, Chief Executive Officer, AstraZenecaWith over four percent of greenhouse gases coming from the healthcare sector, it’s imperative that we take action and make healthcare more sustainable – for the health of people, society and the planet.
"The Health Systems Task Force has a key role to play, and I am honoured and excited to be working with other like-minded leaders to drive change. Together, we can harness the power of innovation and shape and advance policies that will accelerate the delivery of net zero healthcare.
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