FRR Excludes the Tobacco Sector Arendtm December 19, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The Supervisory Board of the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) adopted the Executive Board’s proposal to exclude from its portfolio investments in equities or bonds of tobacco producing companies. "T...
Insurer AXA to pull out of tobacco investments Arendtm May 24, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News French insurer AXA plans to stop investing in the tobacco industry, citing the impact of smoking on public health, and said it plans to sell its 1.8 billion euros ($2.02 billion) of assets in the sector. AXA...
Trade Threats to Tobacco Control Arendtm May 13, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News ASH releases analysis of trade threats to U.S. domestic tobacco control policies. ...
Leaked TPP investment chapter shows US tobacco control rules at risk Arendtm March 26, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News WASHINGTON — An ambitious 12-nation trade accord pushed by President Obama would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment “expectations” and hur...
Trade Update ash June 27, 2013 ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013 In May, the 17th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was held in Lima, Peru. ASH representative Eduardo Bianco travelled to Lima to meet with...
Testimony on the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) ash May 30, 2013 Blog From May 29-30, the United States Trade Representative held hearings on the upcoming negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). May 20, 2013, ASH’s Chris Bostic testified abo...
Fund profits from an addictive investment ash August 17, 2012 Related News THE taxpayer-owned Future Fund is profiting handsomely from tobacco investments, despite Canberra's plain packaging laws. As the High Court's landmark ruling in favour of plain packaging triggered a slide in...
Trade admin August 1, 2012 h How can you remove tobacco from trade treaties without harming trade for useful products? h h h h When has the tobacco industry sued a country for trying to protect their citizens' health? h Wha...
