Penelope Milsom

Transnational corporations negatively affect public health through various channels, leading to efforts that set behavioral standards and impose regulations to curb harm. Recently,  corporate scorecards,  such as the Access to Medicine Index (ATMI) and the Access to Nutrition Initiative’s Global Index (ATNI), have increasingly been used to encourage social responsibility. In this viewpoint published in @TheLancet titled "Holding powerful corporations accountable for their health impacts: are corporate rankings effective?”, authors David McCoy (@dcmccoy11), Els Torreele (@ElsTorreele) and Penelope Milsom (@milsompenelope) argued that these scorecards are flawed and risk reinforcing the dominance of large pharmaceutical and food companies, ultimately undermining public accountability and equitable access to healthy foods, medicines, and vaccines. While at face value, scorecards such as ATMI and ATNI appear to incentivise better corporate practices, a United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) analysis has exposed significant weaknesses in their indicators, methods, and theory of change. Read the full viewpoint and learn more here: go.unu.edu/sfpzI #UNUIIGH #UNU #GlobalHealth #HealthGovernance  #CorporateAccountability #FoodSystems #AccessToMedicine

📢 Tomorrow | 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 & 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 📅 𝟭𝟵 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 | ⏰𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟯:𝟯𝟬 𝗨𝗧𝗖 | 𝟮𝟬:𝟬𝟬–𝟮𝟭:𝟯𝟬 𝗠𝗬𝗧 Join UNU-IIGH and global experts for a critical discussion on scorecards and rankings like the Access to Medicines Index and Access to Nutrition Initiative, and what truly effective corporate accountability should look like in the fight for health equity. 🔍 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹: • Expose the limitations and risks of voluntary corporate scorecards (e.g., AtMI, AtNI). • Highlight harmful corporate behaviors often overlooked by rankings. • Present principles for effective corporate monitoring and accountability. • Foster dialogue on systemic reforms needed to regulate corporate power in health governance. ------------------------------ 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: • Penelope Milsom (@milsompenelope), Honorary Research Fellow, UNU-IIGH) 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀: • Judy Gearhart (@Judy_Gearhart), Accountability Research Center, American University • Els Torreele (@ElsTorreele), Health Equity & Economic Justice Advocate • John Thomi (@JohnThomi), Policy Officer, Tax Justice Network Africa 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗮: go.unu.edu/Q4YcR #UNU #UNUIIGH #GlobalHealth #Accountability #PublicHealth

📢 Save the Date! Join us for the Report Launch Webinar on Corporate Accountability in Global Health Governance, featuring a case study of the Access to Medicine Index. 🔍What to expect: A critical exploration of the "league table" as an accountability mechanism to improve access to medicines, and why such mechanisms might paradoxically weaken efforts to regulate pharmaceutical companies. 🗓 Date: 17 October 2024 🕒 Time: 3-4 PM MYT Stay tuned for more details on how to join us for this discussion! #UNU #GlobalHealth #PowerAndAccountability #HealthGovernance #AccessToMedicine #CorporateAccountability

🌍Join us for the 1st webinar on "#GlobalHealth Governance" series on June 6, 8 PM MYT / 12 PM UCT. Dive into discussions on #accountability and governance with top experts! Register now! 🔗 go.unu.edu/00Tj4