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Putting your money where your mouth is: Accelerating investment action for healthy and sustainable food systems in Australia

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  • Robinson, Ella
  • Parker, Christine
  • Carey, Rachel
  • Foerster, Anita
  • Blake, Miranda
  • Sievert, Katherine
  • Sacks, Gary

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Institutional investors have considerable potential to positively contribute to shifts towards healthier, more sustainable food systems. However, food systems issues are not systematically taken into account by investors as part of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations. This study aimed to identify current approaches to investment decision making regarding food systems issues and ways to facilitate increased consideration of food systems issues as part of investment decision-making in Australia.

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  • Robinson, Ella & Parker, Christine & Carey, Rachel & Foerster, Anita & Blake, Miranda & Sievert, Katherine & Sacks, Gary, 2024. "Putting your money where your mouth is: Accelerating investment action for healthy and sustainable food systems in Australia," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:124:y:2024:i:c:s0306919224000319
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102620
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