HEAL has over 90 member organisations in 28 countries – international, European, national and local groups. They represent health professionals, not-for-profit health insurers, doctors, nurses, patient groups, citizens, women’s and youth groups, environmental NGOs, scientists and public health institutes.
We are members 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:
- Break Free from Plastic
- Civil Society Europe via the Green 10
- Collaborative on Health and Environment (CHE)
- EDC-Free Europe
- EU Food Policy Coalition
- Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)
- 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:
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 Civil Society Working Group on climate change and health
- WHO Environmental Health Economics Network (EHEN)
- 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
- DG Environment Stakeholder group for the review of the ambient air quality directive
- Observer to DG SANTE Advisory Group – Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health
- High Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
- Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform
- 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
