Food industry influence in collaborative governance: The case of the Dutch prevention agreement on overweight

Lelieveldt, Herman

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102380

Food Policy

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102380

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Food industry influence in collaborative governance: The case of the Dutch prevention agreement on overweight

Herman Lelieveldt

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“…Access is supported by dominant industry narratives, including that industry led voluntary approaches to regulation centred on public-private partnership are effective. Yet overwhelming evidence shows that these approaches do not deliver the changes urgently needed to improve and protect public health 6…”

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What, who, and how? The road towards a healthier Dutch food-retail system

Middel,

Schuitmaker-Warnaar,

Mackenbach

et al. 2023

TSG Tijdschr Gezondheidswet

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Samenvatting Inleiding Gezondheidsinterventies in supermarkten kunnen gezonder eetgedrag stimuleren. Helaas wordt de implementatie bemoeilijkt door weerstand vanuit het Nederlandse voedselsysteem. Dit onderzoek gebruikt een ‘roadmapping’-methode uit de systeemwetenschappen om de weg naar een gezondere voedselomgeving in Nederlandse supermarkten in kaart te brengen. Methode Er werd een dialoogworkshop gehouden met vertegenwoordigers (n = 13) van belanghebbenden in het Nederlandse voedselsysteem. Een jaar later werden nieuwe (n = 13) en terugkerende (n = 1) vertegenwoordigers geïnterviewd. Afsluitend werd een consensusworkshop gehouden met oud-participanten uit beide jaren (n = 5). De deelnemers bespraken doelstellingen voor een gezondere supermarkt-voedselomgeving, en bijbehorende acties, barrières, facilitatoren en relevante actoren. De uitkomsten werden kwalitatief geanalyseerd en gecombineerd in één routekaart. Resultaten Acht themaclusters werden geïdentificeerd: 1) kennisontwikkeling, 2) educatie van consumenten, 3) (zelf)regulering, 4) individuele verandering (door supermarkten), 5) gezondere producten, 6) prijsbeleid, 7) ruimtelijke ordening en 8) marketing. Een belangrijke bevinding was het belang van een ‘gelijk speelveld’ voor supermarkten, via overheidsbeleid, om te voorkomen dat klanten overlopen naar ‘niet-gezondheidsbevorderende’ concurrenten. Conclusie De routekaart beschrijft hoe de Nederlandse supermarkt-voedselomgeving gezonder kan worden. Hierin heeft de overheid de cruciale taak om een gelijk speelveld met gezonde prikkels te creëren voor supermarkten en voedselproducenten. Het vergroten van het maatschappelijk draagvlak en identificeren van effectieve beleidsmaatregelen zijn daarbij belangrijke randvoorwaarden.

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Mapping actor networks in global multi-stakeholder initiatives for food system transformation

van den Akker,

Fabbri,

Slater

et al. 2024

Food Sec.

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There is growing recognition that global food system transformation requires a fundamental shift in norms, perspectives and structural inclusion and exclusion of different actors in decision-making spaces. As multistakeholder governance approaches become increasingly common, significant concerns have been raised about their ability to deliver such change. Such concerns are based on case study findings repeatedly highlighting their susceptibility to corporate capture. This study goes beyond individual case studies, examining global multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) whose stated aim is to drive a healthier and more sustainable food system. It identified and categorised actors within these MSIs, drawing on social network analysis to provide insights into actor centrality, power structures, and how this might impact MSIs’ potential to drive transformative change. Thirty global MSIs were included in our sample, including a total of 813 actors. Most actors were based in high-income countries (HIC) (n = 548, 67%). The private sector (n = 365, 45%) was the most represented actor category, comprising transnational corporations (TNCs) (n = 127) and numerous others representing their interests. NGOs, affected communities and low- and middle-income country actors remain underrepresented. The central involvement of TNCs which rely on the production and sale of unhealthy and unsustainable commodities represents a clear conflict of interest to the stated objectives of the MSIs. These findings lend weight to concerns that MSIs may reflect rather than challenge existing power structures, thus serving to maintain the status quo. This indicates a need to critically examine the use of multistakeholder governance approaches and their ability to drive global food system transformation.

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Food industry influence in collaborative governance: The case of the Dutch prevention agreement on overweight

Cited by 10 publications

References 54 publications

Tackling the obesity epidemic

Tackling the obesity epidemic

What, who, and how? The road towards a healthier Dutch food-retail system

Mapping actor networks in global multi-stakeholder initiatives for food system transformation

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