FRR Excludes the Tobacco Sector
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.
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Insurer AXA to pull out of tobacco investments
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.
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Trade Threats to Tobacco Control
ASH releases analysis of trade threats to U.S. domestic tobacco control policies.
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Leaked TPP investment chapter shows US tobacco control rules at risk
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 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)
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
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...
