Incre­asing pres­su­res from envi­ron­men­tal degra­da­ti­on and cli­ma­te chan­ge also pose major chal­lenges for the Ger­man health­ca­re sys­tem: on the one hand, it has to cope with incre­asing cli­ma­te-rela­ted health risks and, on the other hand, it needs to con­tri­bu­te to envi­ron­men­tal, resour­ce and cli­ma­te pro­tec­tion through more sus­tainable prac­ti­ces and the gra­du­al achie­ve­ment of the legal­ly enshri­ned cli­ma­te neu­tra­li­ty tar­get for 2045. Howe­ver, this impen­ding trans­for­ma­ti­on also pres­ents an oppor­tu­ni­ty to initia­te fun­da­men­tal chan­ges that bene­fit pati­ents, pri­ma­ri­ly by streng­thening pre­ven­ti­on and health pro­mo­ti­on in order to redu­ce ill­ness and resour­ce con­sump­ti­on. 

The Ger­man health­ca­re sys­tem is the­r­e­fo­re faced with the urgent task of embed­ding eco­lo­gi­cal, eco­no­mic and social sus­taina­bi­li­ty more firm­ly in care, pre­ven­ti­on, health pro­mo­ti­on and reha­bi­li­ta­ti­on. This should not only impro­ve health and care, but also redu­ce cli­ma­te and envi­ron­men­tal impacts, con­ser­ve resour­ces and streng­then cli­ma­te resi­li­ence.

On behalf of and in coope­ra­ti­on with the BKK Dach­ver­band, CPHP is working clo­se­ly with inter­na­tio­nal and natio­nal stake­hol­ders to deve­lop cor­ner­sto­nes for the deve­lo­p­ment of a sus­taina­bi­li­ty stra­tegy for the Ger­man health­ca­re sys­tem. 

Pro­ject goals

The aim is to deve­lop via­ble cor­ner­sto­nes for a sus­taina­bi­li­ty stra­tegy in the Ger­man health­ca­re sys­tem in clo­se coope­ra­ti­on with key stake­hol­ders.

Metho­do­lo­gy

The pro­ject metho­do­lo­gy com­bi­nes ana­ly­sis, dia­lo­gue and con­cep­tu­al deve­lo­p­ment.

At the start of the pro­ject, exis­ting initia­ti­ves and approa­ches in the field of sus­taina­bi­li­ty in health­ca­re will be exami­ned, and con­cepts and start­ing points in legis­la­ti­on and approa­ches from the health­ca­re sec­tor will be review­ed. Based on this, key are­as will be iden­ti­fied and cor­ner­sto­nes for a sus­taina­bi­li­ty stra­tegy deve­lo­ped.

In the cour­se of three work­shop dis­cus­sions, the­se cor­ner­sto­nes will be reflec­ted upon and dis­cus­sed with various natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal stake­hol­ders.

In this way, the pro­ject com­bi­nes inter­na­tio­nal expe­ri­ence with natio­nal requi­re­ments and con­tri­bu­tes to the deve­lo­p­ment of via­ble and prac­ti­cal stra­te­gies for grea­ter sus­taina­bi­li­ty in health­ca­re.

Focus Area

Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on and resour­ces

Pro­ject dura­ti­on

Juli 2025 — Janu­ar 2026 

Cont­act

Fun­ded by: