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.
- Mongabay
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27 November 2016
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.
- Bain & Co
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01 November 2016
TIAA tinha metade da Radar, mas Cosan vendeu parte de sua fatia; relatório de 2015 diz que empresa adquiriu terras griladas e que compra de terras era ilegal
- Outras Palavras
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06 October 2016
TIAA pays R$1.1 billion to increase its stake in Radar Propriedades Agrícolas S.A, a joint-venture established in partnership with Cosan in 2008 which owns and manages rural properties in Brazil.
US giant TIAA's Westchester has purchased a major part of northern NSW cropping farm Milton Downs from Australia's biggest wheat grower Greentree Farming for a figure some estimate to be in the vicinity of $50 million.
Harvard Management Co. names Colin Butterfield, former CEO of TIAA's Brazilian farmland investment company, as head of natural resources at the university’s $37.6 billion endowment.
In a poor corner of remote northeastern Brazil often viewed as the country's 'Wild West', a young state prosecutor is chalking up wins in the fight to stop corrupt land deals.
Friends of the Earth warns investors they could be unknowingly contributing to deforestation and land grabs, and calls on them to show leadership