Online Workshop Resources: Global Capital and Big Livestock

The flow of global capital administered by corporate regimes and international financial institutions has created asymmetries of power and increased corporate concentration, shifting the way animal-sourced foods are produced and consumed. This workshop unpacked how global finance and corporate consolidation shape livestock systems with Kezia Kershaw and Bianca Inês-Pedro (Stop Financing Factory Farming Campaign), and Mehroosh Tak (Royal Veterinary College).

Core workshop Readings

• M Tak, A Karamchedu and I Syndicus, 2022, Identifying economic and financial drivers of industrial livestock production - the case of the global chicken industry. Tiny Beam Guidance Memo.

• Stop Financing Factory Farming Campaign, 2023, Climate Misalignment - How Development Bank Investments in Industrial Livestock Are at Odds With Their Paris Agreement Commitments. Report.

Supplementary readings

• Feedback, Mighty Earth and Bank Track, 2023, A Rotten Business: How Barclays became the go-to bank for JBS, one of the world’s most destructive meat corporations. Report.

• J Brice et al., 2022, Immaterial animals and financialized forests: Asset manager capitalism, ESG integration and the politics of livestock. Open Access Journal Article.

• D Narain, 2023, Development banks must codify strict criteria for financing Big Livestock by D Narain, 2023. Journal Article.