European Connected Health Alliance
ECHAlliance is a multi-stakeholder international organization, facilitating connection and knowledge exchange among the stakeholders engaged in digital health innovation and deployment, driving sustainable change and disruption in the delivery of health and social care. Working in Europe and beyond, its community gathers 900+ member organizations and reaches out to a network of 22,500+ experts from governments, health & social care providers, leading companies and start-ups, researchers, insurances, patient organizations, citizens and investors.
Recognising that worldwide delivery of health and care has become increasingly challenging over recent years, ECHAlliance established the Global Health Connector Partnership (GHCP). One of the core themes of the GHCP is Green Health. Acting as a global connector, the GHCP is an open forum and platform for those involved in the healthcare, digital and environment sectors, to develop:
- Knowledge creation and best practices sharing activities; and
- Joint actions and collaborative projects to implement game-changing eco-friendly practices and solutions.
Supporting the following commitments:
- Set a target date by which to achieve health systems net zero emissions (ideally by 2050).
- Deliver a baseline assessment of greenhouse gas emissions of the health system (including supply chains).
- Develop an action plan or roadmap by a set date to develop a sustainable low carbon health system (including supply chains).