Fig. 2

Overall weighted score (a) and percent of the total number of points by domain (b-g). Notes: 1. The negative scorings in f were deficit points after taking into consideration of the substantial evidence that the assessed company strongly opposed unhealthy food tax. This was assessed under the indicator – “Does the company’s policy position on fiscal policies to make healthier foods relatively more expensive, as articulated in the WHO Global Action Plan for NCDs and the Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity, Recommendations 1.2”. 2. The Expert Panel considered two non-participating companies (Etika Group and McDonald’s) showing no explicit evidence published between 2014 and 2017 for the implementation of the Malaysia Pledge. The cited comments were low transparency in reporting, no publicly available individual action plans and nutritional standards, and dynamic change in business ownership or licensees’ obligations