The Sustainable Medicines Partnership (SMP) is a not-for-profit action collaborative of 48 organisations.

Together we are executing a four year programme of integrated, science-based projects to reduce waste of medicines and from medicines.

To make every dose count.

Pillars of Sustainable Medicines

Through extensive stakeholder discussions we defined the Pillars of Sustainable Medicines - a conceptual framework to guide the SMP Programme design.

Sustainable Medicines eBook

Learn more about:

  • The scale and causes of wasted medicines

  • The Pillars and Frameworks needed to drive change.

  • How SMP is driving action.

4.5 trillion medicines are made every year


Billions are never used

SMP Programme

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    Digitally-inclusive Information

    Preventing waste starts with education and awareness. We are driving solutions to enable research papers and patient information leaflets to be freely digitally accessible.

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    Medicine carbon emissions

    Medicines make a major contribution to heatlhcare carbon emissions. We created MCF Classifier and MCF Formulary, to make these emissions accessible and actionable.

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    Avoidable medicines waste

    We are building scalable frameworks and solutions to reduce the waste of and from medicines, with particular focus on reducing unnecessary emissions and packaging waste.

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    Actionable change initiatives

    Reducing wasted medicines requires focus, commitment, and collaboration. Our ‘Every Dose Used’ playbook outlines 12 strategies and a practical guide to enable any organisation to get started.

Every Dose Used

Reducing Wasted Medicines Playbook

Learn about:

  • 9 drivers of wasted medicines

  • 12 actionable solutions

  • 6 practical steps to get started

SMP Packaging Awards

The Sustainable Medicines Packaging Awards aim to showcase innovations transforming medicines packaging today, and to inspire the innovations of tomorrow.

Design Award showcases innovations that reduce waste, and increase sustainability, without compromising function.

Circularity Award showcases services, processes, or products that bring circularity and reduce single-use packaging.