UNU-IIGH is delighted to host the upcoming webinar, “Rethinking Corporate Accountability in Global Health: Beyond Rankings & Voluntary Measures”, which aims to provide a platform to critically interrogate the rise of voluntary, market-based monitoring tools - such as corporate scorecards and rankings - and examine what truly effective corporate accountability should entail in efforts to advance global health equity.
Convened as part of UNU-IIGH’s Power and Accountability workstream, the webinar marks the launch of the report of the Independent Expert Group (IEG) on Corporate Accountability in Global Health, a multidisciplinary panel established to analyse the expanding power of transnational corporations (TNCs) and the limitations of prevailing non-binding, market-oriented regulatory and accountability mechanisms. Drawing on this new report, the discussion will:
- Expose the limitations and risks of voluntary corporate scorecards and rankings (for example, the Access to Medicine Index and the Access to Nutrition Index)
Expose harmful corporate behaviors and practices that such initiatives often fail to capture
Present principles for more rigorous corporate monitoring and accountability
Foster dialogue on the systemic reforms required to effectively regulate corporate power in health governance.
