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Nordic Dialogue Forum on Environmental Sustainability in public procurements 2026

The topics of this year's forum will be strengthening low-carbon healthcare procurement and phasing out chemicals of concern in healthcare products.

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30.
september
2026
  1. 30. sep. 2026, 09:30 - 15:00

Tid og sted

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  1. 30. sep. 2026, 09:30 - 15:00
Hvor

Best Western Malmö Arena Hotel

Hyllie Boulevard 12

215 32 Malmö

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Dialogue forum (fully booked)

Note: The dialogue forum is now fully booked, and registration has been closed. If you wish to be put on a waiting list, contact maisel@sykehusinnkjop.no.

The 2026 Nordic Dialogue Forum on Environmental Sustainability in public procurements will be held on Wednesday the 30th of September 2026 from 09.30 to 15.00.

The forum is held at the Best Western Malmö Arena Hotel in Sweden.

09.30–10.00
Arrival and refreshments

10.00–10.15
Welcome

Purpose of the dialogue forum

Launch of the Joint Nordic Statement on Sustainability (JNS)

The JNS is the basis for future cooperation among the Nordic Healthcare Procurement Organisations. The buyers wish to get input from suppliers on how to concretise and implement the goals in the JNS.

10.15–11.00
Cutting GHG emissions in healthcare supply chains

What are the main challenges and how can we collaborate to reach Net Zero by 2050?

11.00–11.45
Phasing out chemicals of concern

What are the challenges with unwanted chemicals in medical devices, where are we heading and how do we get there?

11.45–12.00
Summing up and introduction to the afternoon’s dialogue sessions

12.00–12.45
Lunch

12.45–14.15
Roundtable discussions on Climate & Chemicals

Discussions in groups with facilitators

More information to come

14.15–14.25
Short break

14.25–14.45
Feedback from roundtables

14.45–15.00
What comes next?

End of program

Invitation

Note: The dialogue forum is now fully booked, and registration has been closed. If you wish to be put on a waiting list, contact maisel@sykehusinnkjop.no.

Public procurement is about securing the goods and services needed to deliver vital public functions, while creating economic value and supporting robust and resilient supply chains. We share an ambition to ensure that this is done in ways that promote sustainable and ethical production, respect for people and the planet, and reduce negative impacts throughout the life cycle of products and services.

We will support this ambition through work across the procurement cycle, focusing our joint efforts on purchasing categories of common concern where Nordic cooperation can have the greatest impact. In these areas, we aim to harmonize sustainability and ethical requirements and, while respecting national legal frameworks, policy priorities and market conditions.

Greater Nordic alignment creates clearer and more predictable expectations for suppliers, reduces duplication of effort and strengthens our collective market influence. We aim to develop and implement this work in dialogue with suppliers, industry associations and other relevant stakeholders.

We therefore invite suppliers, industry associations and other relevant stakeholders to a dialogue forum on the 30th of September at the Best Western Malmö Arena Hotel in Sweden.

This forum is held the day before the 8th Conference on Sustainable Healthcare (NCSH) in Malmö on October 1st, 2026. The venue is the same.

We hope to see you in Malmö!

Best regards from the Nordic group on Sustainability Cooperation in Public Hospital Procurement

Target audience

Participation during the forum is especially relevant for personnel who are responsible for sustainability work within their organisations.

Cost

Participation is free, and includes lunch.

Participants are themselves responsible for booking any travel and accomodation they might need to participate.

Contact information

If you have questions or input, please get in touch with us.

If you have trouble with registering, contact Maiken Pollestad Sele (email below).