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.
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