{"id":56403,"date":"2026-10-26T09:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/?p=56403"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:20:06","slug":"new-green-k-paper-lays-the-groundwork-toward-more-sustainable-kidney-care-procurement-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/blog\/2026\/10\/26\/new-green-k-paper-lays-the-groundwork-toward-more-sustainable-kidney-care-procurement-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"New GREEN-K paper lays the groundwork toward more sustainable kidney care procurement practices\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JSP-VA-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More than 70% of greenhouse gas emissions from kidney care come from the supply chain, making procurement systems a key opportunity to reduce environmental impact.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A new GREEN-K paper in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kidney International Reports<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00ae describes how the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ISN-led GREEN-K Working Group<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> developed a proposed global sustainable procurement framework for kidney care.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kireports.org\/article\/S2468-0249(26)03356-5\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read the paper<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The authors combined an environmental scan with expert interviews and broad consultation across the clinical and industry communities to develop and refine a sustainable procurement framework.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The paper outlines six areas for more sustainable procurement: decarbonization, supply chain ethics, circularity, health equity, climate resilience, and protection of the living planet. These principles will inform the GREEN-K Joint Statement on Procurement, which will be launched in November.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/initiatives\/green-k-global-environmental-evolution-in-nephrology-and-kidney-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read more about the ISN-led GREEN-K Initiative<\/span><\/b><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] More than 70% of greenhouse gas emissions from kidney care come from the supply chain, making procurement systems a key opportunity to reduce environmental impact.\u00a0 A new GREEN-K paper in Kidney International Reports\u00ae describes how the ISN-led GREEN-K Working Group developed a proposed global sustainable procurement framework for kidney care.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Read the paper\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":56625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,36],"tags":[225,592,501],"class_list":["post-56403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-initiatives","category-news","tag-green-nephrology","tag-kidney-care-procurement","tag-sustainable-kidney-care"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-GREEN-K-JSP.jpg",630,425,false],"list":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-GREEN-K-JSP-366x246.jpg",366,246,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-GREEN-K-JSP-300x202.jpg",300,202,true],"full":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img-GREEN-K-JSP.jpg",630,425,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56406,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56403\/revisions\/56406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}