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The oil palm: a sad harvest
- Financieel Dagblad
- 13 July 2021
Investigation into the controversial palm oil sector in Liberia, the role of Dutch finance and impacts on local communities
The dormant breadbasket of the Asia-Pacific
- The Diplomat
- 12 February 2019
The Russian government has actively supported foreign investment in Siberian agriculture, making 1 million hectares of arable land in the Far Eastern Federal District available to foreign buyers
Principles for Responsible Institutional Investment in Farmland Report PGGM 2013
- PGGM
- 20 December 2013
PGGM manages an agriculture portfolio comprising around 300,000 hectares of purchased farmland in three major food-producing regions: Eastern Europe, Australia and South America.
ABP, PFZW to stick with controversial palm oil firm
- IPE
- 28 May 2013
Dutch pension funds say they will remain invested in Wilmar International due to their successful efforts to engage with the controversial palm-oil company accused by many of land grabbing
European banks and penion funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda
- FOE
- 21 May 2013
European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants Wilmar International, according to new research released today by Friends of the Earth Europe.
Commodity falls spark investor rethink
- CNBC
- 13 July 2012
Passive indices have been replaced by new sophisticated active indices and pension fund managers like APG are investing in natural resources assets, including farmland.
Les fonds de pension : des acteurs clés dans l’accaparement mondial des terres agricoles
- GRAIN
- 30 June 2011
Les fonds de pension sont peut-être l’une des rares catégories d’accapareurs de terres auxquelles les gens peuvent couper l’herbe sous le pied, pour la bonne et simple raison que c’est de leur argent qu’il s’agit.
Fondo de pensiones: actores claves en el proceso de acaparamiento de tierras agrícolas
- GRAIN
- 30 June 2011
Los fondos de pensiones pueden ser uno de los pocos tipos de acaparadores de tierras que los trabajadores pueden desbaratar, por el sólo hecho que ellos son los dueños del dinero
Pension funds: key players in the global farmland grab
- GRAIN
- 29 June 2011
Pension funds may be one of the few classes of land grabbers that people can pull the plug on, by sheer virtue of the fact that it is their money.
Cargill unit Black River plans $400 mln Asian food fund
- Reuters
- 20 April 2011
Black River's investment pipeline includes a Chinese pork producer and distributor, a duck farming firm in northern China, a fish producer in Costa Rica and a frozen fish processor in Singapore.
ANALYSIS-Pension funds to bulk up farmland investments
- Reuters
- 29 June 2010
Pension funds are deepening their commitment to farmland, upping investments by billions of dollars and moving to active strategies, as a hedge against potential inflation and to diversifty from riskier investments.