German Sustainability Award – Panel Discussion on Sustainable Transformation in Healthcare in Düsseldorf

Dr. Richard Scholz contributed to a panel discussion at the German Sustainability Award, where he discussed how sustainability impacts healthcare systems, highlighted WifOR’s Health Economy Reporting methodology, and emphasized measuring environmental and social effects to support sustainable transformation.

4. December 2025 All day

key takeaways: 

  • Sustainability is not an adversary of economic performance but rather safeguards it in the long term. Quantifying and monetizing ecological and social effects along the supply chains can therefore help to prioritize action where it is needed the most. 
  • An example of how to measure health impacts is seen in WifOR’s Health Economy Reporting (HER) methodology. Using this approach, we assess the GDP contributions, jobs created, and innovation activities linked to health as an economic sector. 
  • Expanding the economic focus of HER data to include social and environmental footprints is possible – and necessary for an evidence-based transformation of health.