Health & Environment Alliance
Budget
€2,096,958
EP Access
10
accredited persons
Staff
11
5.1 FTE
EU Grants
€700,000
Mission & Goals
Founded in 2003, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is the leading European not-for-profit organisation addressing how the environment affects health in the European Union and beyond. HEAL’s 70+ member organisations include international and European organisations as well as national and local groups of health professionals, not-for-profit health insurers, patients, citizens, women, youth, and environmental experts, together representing over 200 million people across the 53 countries of the WHO European Region. With its members and partners, HEAL brings independent expertise and evidence from the health community to different decision-making processes. The organisation’s vision is a healthy planet for healthier people in Europe and beyond. https://www.env-health.org/about/
EU Legislative Interests
EU Green Deal, EU Strategic Agenda, Better Regulation, EU MFF, EU air quality policies (zero pollution, ambient air quality, NECD), EU chemicals policies (chemicals strategy for sustainability, endocrine disruptors, REACH, CLP, PFAS, pesticides, biocides, cosmetics), climate and energy policies (Paris Agreement implementation, EU Climate Law, Climate Adaptation Strategy) and Europe’s Beat Cancer Plan and Cardiovascular Health Plan.
Communication Activities
This includes implementation of the EU Green Deal and its strategies, the MFF, as well as air quality, climate, pesticides, biocides, chemicals and cosmetics regulations.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
HEAL is member of a range of organisations from health, medical, environmental, climate civil society on specific topics, or in coalitions, to engage, raise awareness and advocate for more health-protective policies: • Civil Society Europe via the Green 10 • Collaborative on Health and Environment (CHE) • EDC-Free Europe • EU Healthy Air Coalition • EU Food Policy Coalition • Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) • Green 10, the group of leading environmental NGOs at EU level • International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) – Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures • International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) Steering Committee • Justice Pesticides HEAL is a partner in and collaborates with organisations, institutions and leading experts in the following EU research projects: ATHLETE - Advancing Tools for Human Early Life course Exposome Research and Translation POLYRISK - Understanding human exposure and health hazard of micro- and nanoplastic contaminants in our environment UBDPolicy - Urban Burden of Disease Policy CATALYSE - Climate Action To Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe MERLON - Merging scientific evidence with regulatory practices and leveraging identification of endocrine disruptors using new approach methodologies IHEN - International Human Exposome Network HEAL is an accredited stakeholder with the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) and member of the following expert groups and networks: World Health Organization (WHO): • WHO Chemical Safety Network • WHO European Environment and Health Task Force and Bureau (EHTF) • WHO European Working Group on Climate change and Health (HIC) • WHO Non-communicable disease (NCD) Advisory Council • HEAL also regularly participates in the meeting of the WHO/LRTAP Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Air Pollution EU institutional level: EU Commission • Observer to DG SANTE Advisory Group – Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health • Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform EU Chemicals Agency (ECHA) • ECHA Member State Committee • ECHA ED Expert group • ECHA Management Board via our NGO seat • Advisory Group on the dissemination of public information about chemical substances • EU EDCs Strategy Ad hoc Group
Organisation Members
For the list of HEAL members please see: http://env-health.org/members/
Additional Information
For an overview of HEAL's financing and annual reports see here: https://www.env-health.org/about/financing-funding/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.