FOOD-ACCOUNT – Food Systems Accountability for Health and Sustainability in Europe

About the project

The FOOD-ACCOUNT project is a collaborative civil society initiative that aims to shift responsibility for healthy and sustainable diets from individuals to the large food companies that shape our food environments. The goal is to build momentum for binding EU-level policies that hold corporations accountable for the health and environmental impacts of the food they produce and promote. Coordinated by Fern and supported by the Healthy Food Healthy Planet foundation, the project brings together partners from public health, consumer protection and environmental justice to develop a shared vision for effective corporate accountability measures.

EUPHA’s role as a partner

EUPHA leads the project’s evidence workstream, conducting a structured literature review to assess which corporate accountability policies have proven most effective in improving health & sustainability outcomes. We also engage our broad network of public health professionals to raise awareness, disseminate findings, and foster cross-sector dialogue. Through events like the European Public Health Week and European Public Health Conference, and via our scientific sections and journal, EUPHA helps ensure that policy change is grounded in science and equity, and that public health remains central to transforming Europe’s food systems..

Financial source

Funded by Healthy Food Health Planet (HFHP).

Outputs

Who’s Watching the Food Giants

This evidence review has been developed by EUPHA as part of the FOOD-ACCOUNT project on corporate accountability in food systems. The review brings together international evidence on policy measures that can influence how food companies formulate, market and provide food products, highlighting approaches that have demonstrated potential to improve population health and support healthier, more sustainable diets.

The findings will help inform the project’s ongoing work to identify, prioritise and advance effective corporate accountability measures at European level. By strengthening the evidence base for policy action, the review contributes to broader efforts to create food environments in which healthier and more sustainable choices become the easier choice for everyone.