By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation and analyse site usage. View our Privacy Policy for more information.
Levers of Change

Finance

Photo Credit

Spring Forum 2021
Iris Maertens

Private investors are beginning to tackle animal-sourced food (ASF) and the food environments that shape them. However, financial reform related to the future of food is nascent compared to climate risk in the energy sector. For example, meat and high-impact animal sourced food supply chains are rarely incorporated into Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) analyses.

With an absence of integrated asks on food for investors, investor advocacy and visions of sustainable food are scattered and piecemeal, as was shown in the co-created Strategic Framework. On top of that, the lack of transparency around the ecological, health and worker impacts of financial actors’ food-related investments also prevents clear action.

This Lever of Change wants to change that.

Our dream

We envision a world where private investors, banks and insurers are more active, focused and coordinated in advocating boldly for sustainable food. We also envision they increase the pressure on companies along unsustainable ASF supply chains.

Sustainability and justice aspects of ASF production and consumption are seen as core ESG issues, presenting significant financial and reputational risk to investors.

Strategic litigation raises the risks to food businesses at all levels of the value chain.

This can be done by convening champion investors forming a coalition of the willing, encouraging a deep narrative shift. and pursuing strategic litigation strategies that are nstrumental in holding  companies and governments accountable. From nitrates in the Netherlands and Germany to air pollution in Belgium, we are seeing the first results of small cases, but this approach needs to be scaled up and embedded in a global political strategy.

Watch the animation to show how !

Projects

Below you can find the funded projects that are working on challenging the status quo within the Finance lever of change. Click on the profile to find out more.

Food Foundation
United Kingdom

Food Foundation

A project to deliver a 1-day Summit aimed at investor-related actors to discuss and share initiatives across the food systems ecosystem.
Finance
Link to Template Page
Vegetarian Society of Denmark (DVF)
Denmark

Vegetarian Society of Denmark (DVF)

A project that aims to engage three key sectors (investment, retail and health) in the transition to reduce meat consumption and production in Denmark whilst sharing international best-practice.
Finance
Retail
Link to Template Page

How to get involved

For each of the three key levers, we have established a Community of Practice on The Hive, our online space powered by Mighty Networks.

If you or your organisation wants to get involved, please click on the relevant honeycomb and complete the relevant information. The Coordination Team will get in touch with you to walk you through the process.

By completing the form, you will also receive our monthly What's Cooking Newsletter.

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.