Access to healthcare - more important than ever the healthcare companies, including: – Health regulation – health issues are rising concerns – Drug price transparency – the issue of democratisation for patients, politicians and regulators alike. As of healthcare and affordability of medicine; healthcare costs rise, companies could be at risk companies’ disclosures of year-on-year changes in from new regulations, labelling requirements and drug prices for their product portfolio are crucial to rejections form insurers for reimbursement assessing whether they do not take advantage of high 3. Impact-focused investing drug price inflation Healthcare companies play an important role in – Information to patients – information and education helping to achieve targets included in the UN SDG Goal about usage, compliance and side effects of 3 - Good Health and Well-being – and there is a high medicine and devices – while effective by increasing interdependence of Good Health with Quality Education life quality drugs can come with harmful side effects (SDG 4), Zero Hunger implying Nutritious Food (SDG 2) and Climate Action (SDG 13): UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): – Poor nutrition increasingly leads to diabetes and Over 190 countries adopted the UN Sustainable addiction, abuse of alcohol and tobacco can lead to Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 which aim to several weaknesses of the organs and to early death achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. – A lack of physical activity, which was strengthened The goals relate to poverty, income, employment by lockdowns due to COVID-19, can also lead to and good health; education; environment (including abuse of substances, obesity and depression climate, water, oceans and biodiversity); reducing – People who are better educated are less likely to inequalities, including gender; and peace, security have chronic diseases 20 and cooperation. In aligning with the SDGs not only – Heat waves pose challenges to health and increase nations but also companies can contribute to solving mortality part of these issues with their products and services. – Extreme weather incidents force large groups of people to shelter or evacuate, increasing the risk of COVID-19 transmission21 Endnotes 1. Extreme temperatures and health — European Environment Agency (europa.eu) 2. More species means less disease | Nature 3. Unlocking the “S” in capitalism (allianzgi.com) 4. IDF_Atlas_10th_Edition_2021.pdf (diabetesatlas.org) 5. Microsoft PowerPoint - 02 Dengue Adams Oct 2022 (updated)_to post (cdc.gov) 6. The Role of Alcohol, Drugs, and Deaths of Despair in the U.S.’s Falling Life Expectancy - PMC (nih.gov) 7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations - Our World in Data. Pandemic exposes a world of healthcare inequalities | Financial Times (ft.com) 8. Delayed vaccination timelines will cost the global economy US$2.3trn - Economist Intelligence Unit (eiu.com) 9. How COVID hurt the fight against other dangerous diseases (nature.com) 10. Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last one year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both (About Chronic Diseases | CDC) 11. About Chronic Diseases | CDC 12. Health Disparities | DASH | CDC 13. Global Risks Report 2022 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) 14. Health expenditure as share of GDP by country | Statista 15. Ageing and health expenditure - UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk) 16. The health and social care costs of a selection of health conditions and multi-morbidities (publishing.service.gov.uk) 17. Home | OECD iLibrary (oecd-ilibrary.org) 18. World Bank and WHO: Half the world lacks access to essential health services, 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses 19. NHE Fact Sheet | CMS 20. Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals - United Nations Sustainable Development 21. The climate crisis and COVID-19—A major threat to the pandemic response – C-CHANGE | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 4