AMP CAPITAL ETHICAL LEADERS FUND HAS BECOME THE LATEST INVESTOR TO JOIN THE BBFAW GLOBAL INVESTOR STATEMENT AND BBFAW GLOBAL INVESTOR COLLABORATION ON FARM ANIMAL WELFARE.
Signatories of the Investor Collaboration provide a clear signal to companies - including food producers, retailers and wholesalers, and restaurants and bars – of the significance of farm animal welfare as a material investment risk and opportunity and the expectations of food companies in their farm animal welfare management practices and processes.
The Collaboration is now supported by 30 institutional investors representing £2.3 trillion in assets under management. The participants are:
Aberdeen Standard Investments, ACTIAM, AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Fund, Australian Ethical Investments, Aviva Investors, Bâtirente, BMO Asset Management, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Boston Trust Walden, Brunel Pension Partnership, Candriam, Castlefield Investment Partners LLP, the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church, Coller Capital, EdenTree Investment Management, Epworth Investment Management, Ethical Partners Funds Management, Hexavest, Karner Blue Capital, KBI Global Investors, NEI Investments, Rathbone Greenbank Investments, Robeco, Le Regroupement pour la responsabilité sociale des entreprises, Schroders, Simplicity AB, Sonen Capital, The Sustainability Group of Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, Trillium Asset Management and Triodos Bank.
Kristen Le Mesurier, Portfolio Manager, AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Fund commented: "We recognise our asset stewardship responsibilities to influence the board and management teams of investee companies and assets to contribute to better business and societal outcomes. We are pleased to support the work of the BBFAW to help improve animal welfare standards."
Dr Rory Sullivan, Expert Advisor to BBFAW commented: “Investors have a key role to play in improving standards of farm animal welfare across the food industry and AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Fund signing the BBFAW Investor Collaboration is further evidence that farm animal welfare is an issue of importance for investors in Australia and New Zealand.”
NN Group, a Dutch financial services company, with a strong presence in several European countries and Japan, has become a member of the BBFAW Global Investor Collaboration on Farm Animal Welfare. As a signatory to the Collaboration, NN Group will participate in an annual engagement to improve animal welfare management practices amongst BBFAW’s 150 global companies.
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