Bombs, guns and fighter jets aren’t typical E.S.G. investments, but two Citi analysts say they should be. Advocates for “socially responsible” investing call the idea “absurd.”
Bunge Limited, a global commodity trader headquartered in
the United States, is one of the biggest soy players in Brazil’s Cerrado, a
vast biodiverse savannah and a vital carbon sink: in 2018, the company exported
nearly 16 million tons of soy from the area.
Bunge Limited, a global commodity trader headquartered in
the United States, is one of the biggest soy players in Brazil’s Cerrado, a
vast biodiverse savannah and a vital carbon sink: in 2018, the company exported
nearly 16 million tons of soy from the area.
Yet in the Cerrado, and around the world, Bunge is failing
to mitigate or prevent deforestation and human rights abuses by companies in