Table 1 Summary of CPA practices identified in Australia
Strategy | Practice | Australian Food and Grocery Council | Coca Cola | McDonald’s | Nestle | Woolworths | Total (occurrences) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Information and messaging | Lobbying | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 |
Stress the economic importance of the industry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
Promote de-regulation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
Frame the debate on diet- and public health-related issues | 12 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 51 | ||
Shape the evidence base on diet and public health-related issues | 14 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 76 | ||
Financial incentives | Financial incentives | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
Constituency building | Establish relationships with key opinion leaders and health organisations | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 127 |
Seek involvement in the community | 2 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 96 | ||
Establish relationships with policymakers | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
Establish relationships with the media | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Legal strategies | Use legal action (or the threat of) against public policies or opponents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Influence the development of trade and investment agreements | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Policy substitution | Policy substitution | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 22 |
Opposition fragmentation and destabilisation | Opposition fragmentation and destabilisation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total number of CPA practices identified | 57 | 83 | 38 | 100 | 31 | 310 | 310 | |