Investors worth $1tn urge US meat firms to beef up water risk management

Michael Holder
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45 leading institutional investors send letters to four of USA's largest meat producers ahead of Thanksgiving

Some of the largest meat producers in the US are being urged by leading institutional investors to address the "significant" water risks associated with feeding, slaughtering and processing livestock....

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