Relocation, less polluting materials, reusable instruments… Ways to decarbonize the healthcare sector

What is the environmental cost of healthcare? While drugs and medical devices (implants, prosthetics, bandages, eyeglasses, imaging machines, etc.) are largely manufactured abroad , their production is increasingly vulnerable to climate risks. In France, too, the danger exists: 45% of pharmaceutical production facilities are now exposed to flooding , according to The Shift Project, a think tank working towards an economy free from carbon constraints.

The degradation of ecosystems and the increase in extreme weather events will increase the pressure on health industries, even as they will have to respond to