Siren call: Firms warned to consider environmental risks before investing in aquaculture

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A new report from investor network FAIRR highlights a series of environmental, social, and governance risks associated with the expanding aquaculture industry

Over the past 50 years a single industry has transformed the way we obtain a key part of humanity's diet - but most people know little about it. The aquaculture is booming, enabling the farmed production...

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