TIAA-CREF

A coalition of environmental, human rights and family farm organizations delivered a letter with over 100,000 signatures to pension fund management company TIAA, expressing concerns over the company’s investments in farmland and palm oil.

Protesters paid a visit to TIAA’s New York headquarters Thursday, urging the firm to stop investing in farmland and companies with ties to palm oil.

While Canadian agriculture shows some promise, institutional investors have been active on the global front, particularly when it comes to farmland.

Fundos estrangeiros sabotam legislação brasileira e usam mecanismos do mercado para comprar terras no Cerrado.

Pension fund giant TIAA is investing its clients’ funds in farmland and agribusinesses tied to environmental and human rights abuses in Latin America.

TIAA-CREF new report shows further expand of TIAA’s management presence in the global farmland market. Despite raised concerned of TIAA investment in regions such as Brazil contribute to land conflicts, lead to the displacement of local people. TIAA has been investing in farmland since 2007.

Friends of the Earth and As You Sow are circulating a letter to TIAA clients calling on the firm to disclose information about all of its investments in companies with farmland and palm oil operations, and to commit to a deforestation- and land grab-free investment policy.

Este vídeo de animação mostra como um fundo global agrícola usou uma complexa estrutura corporativa para evitar as restrições brasileiras a investimentos estrangeiros na agricultura do país.

Por todo el mundo, hay campesinos que están perdiendo sus tierras, en ocasiones violentamente, a manos de grandes compañías y especuladores que consideran la tierra agrícola como lucrativa inversión.

Une nouvelle vidéo animée montre comment un fonds international d’acquisition de terres agricoles s’est servi d’une structure d’entreprise complexe pour contourner les restrictions de la législation brésilienne sur les investissements étrangers dans le foncier agricole.

New animated video shows how a global farmland fund, managed by US financial giant TIAA-CREF, used a complex company structure to avoid restrictions on foreign investment in farmland in Brazil.

Bain & Company analysis has identiied four approaches that public companies are taking to invest in agriculture.