Harvard Endowment Fund

15 minutes with .... the founders of Perita Capital Management
- GAI
- 01 May 2020
Boston-based Peritia Capital Management invests in hard assets or agribusiness companies via debt, equity, or joint-venture structures.
HMC investment in Westfalia Fruit International to drive global expansion for avocados
- GAI
- 21 January 2020
WFI’s estates represent the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, with operations in all major growing regions including southern Africa, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and the state of California.
The Chain: Cerrado fires show TIAA and Harvard’s Endowment face mounting deforestation risks
- CRR
- 07 November 2019
With fires on their Cerrado properties, Harvard’s and TIAA’s deforestation exposure appears to be growing.
Lecture exposes pension fund's links to Brazil land grabs
- John Hopkins Newsletter
- 25 October 2019
Altamiran Ribeiro, a Brazilian land rights activist, told an audience at John Hopkins University about the land takeovers on behalf of corporations in Brazil and the long-term consequences on local communities and the environment.
El acaparamiento de tierras agrícolas de Harvard y TIAA en Brasil se hace humo
- GRAIN
- 22 October 2019
Tenemos pruebas de que los incendios del Cerrado también están vinculados a otros intereses financieros con sede en Estados Unidos: el Fondo de Dotación de la Universidad de Harvard y el TIAA, el fondo de pensiones privado que invierte en nombre de millones de profesores, académicos, enfermeras y trabajadores del gobierno en todo el país.
Divest Harvard holds protest about university’s Brazilian land ownership
- Harvard Crimson
- 22 October 2019
The student group Divest Harvard hosted a day of events calling attention to Harvard’s ownership of Brazilian land and reigniting its calls for the school to sell those holdings in the name of environmentalism.
Harvard and TIAA's farmland grab in Brazil goes up in smoke
- FOE US, GRAIN,NFFC, Rede Social
- 22 October 2019
Satellite maps show the connection between Harvard and TIAA's farmland acquisitions in Brazil's Cerrado and the massive number of fires that have been burning in the region since July of this year.
Como Harvard enlouqueceu com aposta de US$ 270 mi no Brasil
- Info Money
- 24 September 2019
O medo de Harvard se manifesta em 2.000 páginas de registros judiciais brasileiros, incluindo a transcrição da teleconferência
Harvard was ‘freaking out’: How a $270 million Brazil bet tanked
- Bloomberg
- 24 September 2019
Auditors wrote down the value of Harvard's Brazil farm project by about $200 million after the endowment decided to exit the development in 2017, according to documents filed in a lawsuit.
As the Amazon burns, students call on Harvard to divest from farmland holdings
- The Crimson
- 29 August 2019
As the Amazon rainforest continues to burn, members of Divest Harvard — a student group demanding the University divest from fossil fuels — are renewing their calls on Harvard to withdraw its holdings in farmland across the globe, including in Brazil.
As the Amazon burns, we call on Harvard to cease its investment in farmland
- Medium
- 26 August 2019
Fires in the Amazon are the direct result of human activity. Harvard’s stake in agribusiness contributes to this crisis, says students of Divest Harvard
Australia: Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture
- Financial Standard
- 12 June 2019
LGIAsuper will diversify its investment strategy and invest in the agriculture and timber funds of Folium Capital, run by former managers of Harvard's endowment funds.