A new report explains how Harvard University, pension fund TIAA and multinational agribusiness corporation Bunge are enabling illegal land grabs and increasing deforestation for soy production
To give a wider swath of investors access to farmland as an asset class, Nuveen Natural Capital is opening its Global Farmland Strategy to qualified retail investors through an evergreen private-market fund.
US lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would limit who can own American farmland, with a latest effort from Democratic Senator Cory Booker aimed at curbing corporate ownership.
Nuveen, the $1.1 trillion investment manager of TIAA, has expanded its partnership with a global fintech platform to offer investors and financial advisors the opportunity to allocate to global agricultural assets.
"Empresas transnacionais do agronegócio causam violência, grilagem de terras e destruição no Cerrado" é o título de um novo relatório da Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi compreender a influência do processo de apropriação global de terras (global land grabbing) nos usos do território brasileiro, mais especificamente nas regiões do Sul Maranhense e Sudoeste Piauiense, situadas na macrorregião Matopiba.
Documentos revelam sociedade entre TIAA e Cosan para comprar terrenos e evitar leis que limitam compras a estrangeiros
After ten years, the Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) has withdrawn from highly problematic land purchases in Brazil through is investments in TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC.
Die Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) hat sich nach zehn Jahren aus hochproblematischen Landkäufen in Brasilien zurückgezogen
- FIAN Deutschland
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10 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.
Banks, pension funds and insurers have been turning California's scarce water into enormous profits, leaving people with less to drink
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.