Candriam has signed up to two FAIRR (Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return) initiatives designed to combat the systematic use of antibiotics in agricultural supply chains and promote more sustainable protein diversification. The aim here is to grant the public access to sustainable food of substantial nutritional quality.

Founded in 2015, FAIRR deals with factory-farming issues. Scandals such as avian flu, swine flu and horsemeat consumption have shown how value-detracting industrial-production methods can be. FAIRR, working alongside ShareAction, is coordinating a collaborative engagement initiative comprising 60 investors and 16 of the world’s biggest food companies. Investors believe that the time has come for food-sector companies to start thinking strategically about setting up supply chains with reduced underlying risks.

You can view FAIRR’s most recent report  – Plant-based Profits: Investment Risks & Opportunities in Sustainable Food Systems here.

Supporting  initiatives like these gives Candriam a further opportunity to showcase its values and demonstrate its support for human causes.