Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a framework

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dc.contributor.authorBaum, Fran
dc.contributor.authorSanders, David
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorAnaf, Julia Margaret
dc.contributor.authorFreudenberg, N
dc.contributor.authorFriel, S
dc.contributor.authorLabonte, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorLondon, L
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, C
dc.contributor.authorScott-Samuel, A
dc.contributor.authorSen, A
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-26T02:33:16Z
dc.date.available2016-07-26T02:33:16Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionOpen Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en
dc.description.abstractBackground: The adverse health and equity impacts of transnational corporations’ (TNCs) practices have become central public health concerns as TNCs increasingly dominate global trade and investment and shape national economies. Despite this, methodologies have been lacking with which to study the health equity impacts of individual corporations and thus to inform actions to mitigate or reverse negative and increase positive impacts. Methods: This paper reports on a framework designed to conduct corporate health impact assessment (CHIA), developed at a meeting held at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in May 2015. Results: On the basis of the deliberations at the meeting it was recommended that the CHIA should be based on ex post assessment and follow the standard HIA steps of screening, scoping, identification, assessment, decision-making and recommendations. A framework to conduct the CHIA was developed and designed to be applied to a TNC’s practices internationally, and within countries to enable comparison of practices and health impacts in different settings. The meeting participants proposed that impacts should be assessed according to the TNC’s global and national operating context; its organisational structure, political and business practices (including the type, distribution and marketing of its products); and workforce and working conditions, social factors, the environment, consumption patterns, and economic conditions within countries. Conclusion: We anticipate that the results of the CHIA will be used by civil society for capacity building and advocacy purposes, by governments to inform regulatory decision-making, and by TNCs to lessen their negative health impacts on health and fulfil commitments made to corporate social responsibility.en
dc.identifier.citationBaum FE, Sanders DM, Fisher M, Anaf J, Freudenberg N, Friel S, Labonte R, London L, Monteiro C, Scott-Samuel A, Sen A. Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a framework. Global Health. 2016 Jun 15;12(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s12992-016-0164-x.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-016-0164-xen
dc.identifier.issn1744-8603
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2328/36278
dc.language.isoen
dc.oaire.license.condition.licenseCC-BY
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2016 The Author(s).en
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s).en
dc.subjectHealth impact assessmenten
dc.subjectHealth inequalitiesen
dc.subjectPublic health policyen
dc.subjectHealth promotionen
dc.subjectMethodologyen
dc.titleAssessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a frameworken
dc.typeArticleen
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupFisher, Matthew: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3756-1146en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupBaum, Fran: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2294-1368en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupAnaf, Julia Margaret: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9562-2309en_US
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