Take Action To End Extractive Agriculture
Together, we can build a more sustainable food system for people, planet, and investors.
What Is Extractive Agriculture?
At Adasina, we define extractive agriculture as subset of industrial agriculture that refers to the extreme dominance of only a few companies that control the global food supply chain whose business models directly drive biodiversity loss, excessive greenhouse gas emissions, elimination of smallhold farms, abuses of farm workers, and other harms. Not only do these practices make it impossible to achieve net zero, sustainability, biodiversity, and food security goals – they also pose potential risks for investors, from antitrust and worker safety concerns to human rights risk and increasing regulatory scrutiny.
Why Should Investors Care?
Despite growing awareness of the harms of extractive agriculture, public markets have so far failed to price the risks associated with it. Adasina co-hosted a webinar with our partners at ETC Group detailing the case for investor mobilization around this crucial issue. We invite you to watch the video recording and take further action below using our Investor Toolkit.
INVESTOR TOOLKIT
Investors Representing Over $3.7+ Billion Agree:
Now Is The Time To Curtail Extractive Agriculture.
What if we told you that extractive agriculture poses one of the biggest obstacles to climate justice and sustainability? And that without curtaining it, It is impossible to meet climate justice or sustainability goals? It’s true.
Extractive agriculture alone is:
- Responsible for more than one-third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
- One of the biggest global consumers of fossil fuels.
- A leading cause of approximately 80% of tropical forest loss and up to 90% of all deforestation, along with corresponding water cycle disruption and soil erosion.
But the consequences of extractive agriculture don’t stop there.
In addition to its direct and urgent climate risk, extractive agriculture is also bad for people and bad as a business model. It spreads carcinogenic pesticides and fertilizers into water supplies – disproportionately impacting poor and BIPOC communities – and it drives smallhold farmers off their land in favor of industrial mono-crop production. It is also a bad business model, not only proving less efficient than pre-WW2 agricultural production but also impeding free markets, competition, and innovation through corporate consolidation and other monopolistic practices like seed ownership.
Take Action With Our Investor Toolkit
Are you ready to put an end to extractive agriculture? Our Investor Toolkit includes all the resources you’ll need to deepen your understanding, advocate within your networks, take collective action with other investors, and align your portfolio with the cause.
- Read and share our Issue Brief on Extractive Agriculture
- Read ETC Group’s Food Barons Report to learn more about concentration in the global food industry
- Sign and share the Extractive Agriculture Investor Statement
- Evaluate your portfolio using the Extractive Agriculture Investor Dataset, included below, which lists corporations that participate in harmful, extractive agricultural practices
- Support our partners at ETC Group and Friends of the Earth
- Join the Ending Extractive Agriculture Investor Coalition by emailing impact@adasina.com
Our Social Justice Partners
At the heart of each of Adasina’s campaigns are our Social Justice Partners, who help us build investor datasets, inform investor mobilization campaigns, and align our impact with the needs of existing social justice movements.
ETC Group is a global organization that engages farmers worldwide. For nearly 40 years, they have
documented the damaging effects of soil erosion, corporate consolidation, and technology infiltration in
agriculture.
Friends of the Earth fights for a more healthy and just world. For 50 years, they’ve delivered important environmental victories – from protecting pristine rainforests to stopping reckless fossil fuel projects.
WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED SO FAR
Campaign Updates & Wins
Every quarter, we publish an Impact Report with live updates on our progress across each active Investor Mobilization Campaign.
Take Deeper Action. Join the Extractive Agriculture Investor Coalition.
Investor Dataset
Extractive Agriculture Investor Dataset
Adasina’s Investor Datasets are created in deep collaboration with our Social Justice Partners – individuals with lived experience and expertise on the specific issue we’re targeting in our Investor Mobilization Campaigns. Together, we identify the most meaningful metrics for investors to use to advance that issue in their portfolios. Then, we publish the dataset, integrate it into Adasina’s own product portfolios, and mobilize investors like you to take action using the data.
One of the most meaningful actions investor can take to curb the harmful effects of extractive agriculture is to remove companies furthering these practices – and the corporate concentration associated with them – from your portfolios. Search for your holdings in the dataset below, or talk to your advisor about excluding these companies from your portfolio. Have questions about this dataset? Reach out to impact@adasina.com.
Adasina’s Extractive Agriculture Investor Dataset focuses on the practice of extreme corporate concentration in the industrial food system, and specifically, the corporations that dominate the following industries:
- Agrochemicals & Pesticides
- Synthetic Fertilizer
- Commercial Seeds
- Livestock Breeding & Genetics
- Agricultural Commodity Traders
- Gene Editing in Food
- Industrial Livestock & Meat Processing
| Company Name | Social Justice Investment Criteria | Ticker | ISIN | As-of Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASF (GERMANY) | Extractive Agriculture | BAS GR Equity | DE000BASF111 | 3/29/2024 |
| BAYER CROP SCIENCE (GERMANY) | Extractive Agriculture | BAYN GR Equity | DE000BAY0017 | 3/29/2024 |
| CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | CTVA US Equity | US22052L1044 | 3/29/2024 |
| GROUPE LIMAGRAIN/VILMORIN & CIE (FRANCE) | Extractive Agriculture | FP:RIN | FR0000052516 | 3/29/2024 |
| KANEKO SEEDS CO. LTD. (JAPAN) | Extractive Agriculture | TYO:1376 | JP3216200000 | 3/29/2024 |
| KWS (GERMANY) | Extractive Agriculture | GF:KWS | DE0007074007 | 3/29/2024 |
| SAKATA SEED CORPORATION (JAPAN) | Extractive Agriculture | 1377 JP Equity | JP3315000004 | 3/29/2024 |
| YUAN LONGPING HIGH-TECH AGRICULTURE CO. (CHINA) | Extractive Agriculture | 000998 CH Equity | CNE000001360 | 3/29/2024 |
| ADAMA (SYNGENTA GROUP) | Extractive Agriculture | 000553 CH Equity | CNE0000004V0 | 3/29/2024 |
| FMC CORPORATION (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | FMC US Equity | US3024913036 | 3/29/2024 |
| SINOCHEM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION / SYNGENTA GROUP | Extractive Agriculture | 600500 CH Equity | CNE0000011R3 | 3/29/2024 |
| UPL LIMITED (INDIA) | Extractive Agriculture | IS:UPL | INE628A01036 | 3/29/2024 |
| CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | CF US Equity | US1252691001 | 3/29/2024 |
| ICL GROUP LTD. (ISRAEL) | Extractive Agriculture | ICL IT Equity | IL0002810146 | 3/29/2024 |
| K+S GROUP (GERMANY) | Extractive Agriculture | SDF GR Equity | DE000KSAG888 | 3/29/2024 |
| NUTRIEN (CANADA) | Extractive Agriculture | CT:NTR;NTR | CA67077M1086 | 3/29/2024 |
| PHOSAGRO (RUSSIA) | Extractive Agriculture | RX:PHOR | RU000A0JRKT8 | 3/29/2024 |
| SINOFERT HOLDINGS LTD. | Extractive Agriculture | SNFRY:OTC US; HK:0297 | BMG8403G1033 | 3/29/2024 |
| THE MOSAIC COMPANY (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | MOS US Equity | US61945C1036 | 3/29/2024 |
| URALKALI (RUSSIA) | Extractive Agriculture | RX:URKA;URAYY | RU0007661302 | 3/29/2024 |
| YARA (NORWAY) | Extractive Agriculture | YAR NO Equity | NO0010208051 | 3/29/2024 |
| ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | RKDA | US0390142042 | 3/29/2024 |
| BENSON HILL BIOSYSTEMS (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | BHIL | US8551791077 | 3/29/2024 |
| CARIBOU BIOSCIENCES (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | CRBU | US1420381089 | 3/29/2024 |
| CIBUS (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | CBUS | US17166A1016 | 3/29/2024 |
| YIELD10 BIOSCIENCE (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | YTEN | US98585K8624 | 3/29/2024 |
| EVOGENE (ISRAEL) | Extractive Agriculture | EVGN | IL0011050551 | 3/29/2024 |
| TOOLGEN (SOUTH KOREA) | Extractive Agriculture | KOSDAQ: 199800 | KR7199800004 | 3/29/2024 |
| ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND (ADM) (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | ADM US Equity | US0394831020 | 3/29/2024 |
| BUNGE (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | BG US Equity | BMG169621056 | 3/29/2024 |
| OLAM GROUP (SINGAPORE) | Extractive Agriculture | VC2.SI | SGXE65760014 | 3/29/2024 |
| ITOCHU (JAPAN) | Extractive Agriculture | TYO:8001;OTCMKTS: ITOCY | US4657171066 | 3/29/2024 |
| WILMAR (SINGAPORE) | Extractive Agriculture | WIL SP Equity | SG1T56930848 | 3/29/2024 |
| BRF (BRAZIL) | Extractive Agriculture | BRFS3 BZ Equity | BRBRFSACNOR8 | 3/29/2024 |
| HORMEL FOODS GROUP (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | HRL US Equity | US4404521001 | 3/29/2024 |
| JBS (BRAZIL) | Extractive Agriculture | JBSS3 BZ Equity | BRJBSSACNOR8 | 3/29/2024 |
| MARFRIG (BRAZIL) | Extractive Agriculture | MRFG3 BZ Equity | BRMRFGACNOR0 | 3/29/2024 |
| NH FOODS (JAPAN) | Extractive Agriculture | 2282 JP Equity | JP3743000006 | 3/29/2024 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS / WH GROUP (CHINA) | Extractive Agriculture | 288 HK Equity | KYG960071028 | 3/29/2024 |
| TYSON FOODS (USA) | Extractive Agriculture | TSN US Equity | US9024941034 | 3/29/2024 |
| MOWI (NORWAY) | Extractive Agriculture | MHGVY | US6246781081 | 3/29/2024 |
| GENUS, PLC (UK) | Extractive Agriculture | GNS | GB0002074580 | 3/29/2024 |
Data aggregation and list construction performed by Adasina Social Capital, in partnership with ETC Group.
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