| Over recent months much attention has been paid to claims that investors are exacerbating commodity price inflation, as well as a focus on direct investment in productive assets (such as farmland), which have proven increasingly attractive. This has led to initiatives such as the Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland which have sought to provide guidance on how to ensure such investments are genuinely sustainable.
Whilst these types of participation by financial actors have been the subject of intense scrutiny, less attention has been paid to the exposure investors have through their holdings in listed equities and bonds along the agricultural value chain............................................Full Article: Source
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