TIAA-CREF

Cosan e fundo de pensão dos EUA compraram terras de acusados de grilagem no Brasil
- Pública
- 22 May 2023
Documentos revelam sociedade entre TIAA e Cosan para comprar terrenos e evitar leis que limitam compras a estrangeiros
German doctors' pension fund sells stake in highly problematic land fund
- FIAN
- 10 May 2023
After ten years, the Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) has withdrawn from highly problematic land purchases in Brazil through is investments in TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC.
Landgrabbing: Ärztekasse veräußert Beteiligung an hochproblematischem Fonds
- FIAN Deutschland
- 10 May 2023
Die Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) hat sich nach zehn Jahren aus hochproblematischen Landkäufen in Brasilien zurückgezogen
Ignoring warnings signs, US retirement manager TIAA bought farms from alleged land grabbers with Brazilian sugar giant
- OCCRP
- 02 May 2023
TIAA has always insisted that its joint ventures with Brazilian sugar company Cosan invest responsibly. But leaked documents show they ignored a litany of red flags when buying farms in a region long known for land grabbing.
Groundwater gold rush
- Bloomberg
- 11 April 2023
Banks, pension funds and insurers have been turning California's scarce water into enormous profits, leaving people with less to drink
New report highlights black farmer land loss and discrimination in Mississippi Delta
- NFFC
- 06 Mar 2023
The report details corporate land investments in the Mississippi Delta region, and ways that the growth of speculative farmland ownership exacerbates barriers that farmers face accessing and maintaining land in the region.
Congress wants to block foreign qwnership of US farmland. Is this a red herring?
- Ambrook
- 04 February 2023
The real threat to our food security, according to researchers, is broader corporate ownership and consolidation of American farmland — including by domestic investors.
Cat Urbigkit: Corporate capture of ag lands is happening now
- Cowboy State Daily
- 17 January 2023
NFFC says that a new “land grab” is underway in the US, with Wall Street investors, pension funds, and other financiers looking for a safe place to park their money and turning to farmlands as their preferred investment.
$15b agriculture giant snaps up $71m Bundaberg macadamia orchard
- AFR
- 11 December 2022
Global agricultural investor Nuveen Natural Capital has joined a growing pool of institutional fund managers targeting Australia’s burgeoning macadamia sector, after buying one of the country’s largest orchards
Dai-ichi Life Insurance invests $50m in Nuveen Global Farmland Fund
- GAI
- 17 November 2022
The Japanese insurer has made its first investment in a farmland strategy fund, committing $50 million to the Nuveen Global Farmland Fund Lux SCSp
Activists allege greenwashing by Nuveen in PRI complaint
- ESG Clarity
- 19 October 2022
Activist groups and nearly 300 pension plan clients accuse TIAA of “systematic land acquisitions and land management linked to deforestation, illegality and human rights violations, including in the Brazilian Cerrado.”
Commodity or commons: Finance capital and the commodification of land
- Agrarian Trust
- 13 July 2022
The most effective means of countering corporate power is to restore control of the land and agricultural knowledge to the communities who live on and with the land.