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Improvement of corporate accountability can re-calibrate corporatized food systems

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Global food systems are dominated by large corporations that are primarily driven by the goal of maximizing profits and shareholder value. Strengthening corporate accountability to promote health, equity and environmental sustainability is a critical part of recalibrating current corporatized food systems.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Kathryn E. Bradbury & Sally Mackay

  2. The Centre for Translational Health Research: Informing Policy and Practice (TRANSFORM), Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Kathryn E. Bradbury

  3. Deakin University, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE), Institute for Health Transformation, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Gary Sacks

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Bradbury, K.E., Mackay, S. & Sacks, G. Improvement of corporate accountability can re-calibrate corporatized food systems. Nat Food 6, 220–222 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01144-9

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