Compras sostenibles

Desde eliminar el material de envase innecesario hasta buscar alternativas que sustituyan productos que contengan mercurio u otras sustancias tóxicas, la decisión de compra puede tener un efecto fundamental para ofrecer una salud sin daño.

¿Cómo transformamos las compras?

Trabajo en compras sostenibles

Los establecimientos de salud pueden mejorar sus iniciativas de compras de productos que generen un menor impacto ambiental fijando objetivos específicos.

Referencias

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[14] UNDP (2016) Uppsala presentation

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[19] WHO (2010) Health in the Green Economy: Co-benefits to health of climate change mitigation. Disponible online en:http://www.who.int/hia/hgebrief_health.pdf?ua=1 [Accessed on 02/05/2017].  Ver también WHO Health in the Green Economy series of reports: http://www.who.int/hia/green_economy/en/