Investor network calls for end to subsidies for red meat production

The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for international economic co-operation, and includes China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK, the USA and the EU.

The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for international economic co-operation, and includes China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK, the USA and the EU.

Red meat has been targeted by a $70 trillion investor network, which wants developed countries to phase out or repurpose by 2030 agricultural subsidies which it says incentivise over-production and over-consumption of greenhouse gas-intensive foods.

The FAIRR network works with institutional investors on environmental, social, and corporate governance aspects linked to intensive livestock and fish farming.