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Members of the Global Environmental Evolution in Nephrology and Kidney Care (GREEN-K) Steering Committee presented a webinar on how the initiative seeks to support the urgent necessity and optimal outcomes of global environmentally sustainable kidney care (ESKC). Two sessions were held, attracting 144 participants from 61 countries.

Watch the GREEN-K Launch webinar and access the slides here

A key GREEN-K goal is to develop pro-innovation procurement by collaborating with experts to create a joint statement of demand (JSD) for planned purchasing of needed products – “Buying better together” – inspiring industry to invest in and innovate the types of products used in kidney care. The main deliverable is a procurement scorecard based on the United Nations Sustainable Procurement Index for Health.

A GREEN-K Procurement Workshop is planned this autumn to help finalize the GREEN-K procurement strategy. The committee will also seek input from industry and supply partners before distributing the generic JSD to the international kidney care community. Specific product JSDs will follow.

The committee requests five actions from ISN members and Affiliated society membership:

1. Provide input on the JSD draft before the GREEN-K procurement workshop this autumn to procurement@theisn.org​.
2. Participate in the procurement workshop from 1 nephrologist, 1 nurse, 1 patient, one renal technician, and one ​(info missing from slide) to represent each society
3. Disseminate the final version of the JSD within each society​
4. Endorse the final version of the JSD
5. Lobby to incorporate the JSD in network, regional, national, or other cross-facility procurement processes

In addition, the education and implementation workstream of the GREEN-K committee seeks nephrologists, dieticians, technicians, nurses, and others interested in kidney care to form four dedicated working groups to address:

• Implementing greener hemodialysis
• Implementing greener peritoneal dialysis
• Environmental issues in diet
• Environmental issues in pharmacy

All working groups will emphasize kidney disease prevention, increased transplantation, and optimized supportive care.

Access all GREEN-K resources, including the paper “Our Shared Responsibility – the Urgent Necessity of Global Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care,” here.