Assessing the health impacts of transnational corporations

Jennifer Doggett; Julia Anaf; Frances Baum; Matt Fisher; Leslie London

Assessing the health impacts of transnational corporations

Jennifer Doggett (Editor)
, Julia Anaf
, Frances Baum
, Matt Fisher
, Leslie London

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

Mandating environment controls, endorsing human rights treaties, ensuring all taxes are paid and restricting government lobbying are just some of the recommendations from a Corporate Health Impact Assessment (CHIA) undertaken by a team of public health experts of the transnational corporation (TNC) Rio Tinto.

This assessment revealed some of the serious and long-term health impacts that a TNC can have on nations and communities through mechanism such as increased pollution and habitat destruction, tax avoidance and human rights abuses. Because TNCs have the ability to operate partly outside of national boundaries, they can often avoid the regulatory structures imposed by individual jurisdictions...

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Specialist publication	Croakey Health Media
Publisher	Croakey Health Media
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

air pollution
environmental health
health impact assessment
Health in All Places
human rights

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Assessing the health impacts of transnational corporations

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