Dear Mr Hurcombe,

I have followed with interest the developing debate about the rise in large-scale land acquisitions in the Global South. In a number of cases these land grabs are generating conflicts and controversy. For investors in new land acquisitions, such conflicts and controversy can generate material financial risks. Pension funds are amongst the largest institutional investors in farmland worldwide. As a pension saver, I have both financial and ethical concerns that part of my pension savings could be invested in land acquisitions with poorly managed risks. Could you please let me know about Royal Bank of Scotland Group Pension Fund's exposure to investments in agricultural land, both direct investments and those via publicly and privately listed companies? I would like to understand what safeguards are in place to limit the risks of these types of investments and activities?

You can contact me by email (preferably - to save resources) or at the following address:

Title

*

Mr Mrs Miss Ms Dr Other None

Please choose a title

Country

 

Select country ____________________ United States Canada Japan United Kingdom Australia Germany France Switzerland Italy Netherlands ____________________ Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antartica Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Terr. Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Isl Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Rep. Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote D'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Isl. (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Terr. Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey, C.I. Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard and McDonald Isl Holy (Vatican City) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey, C.I. Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Democratic Peoples Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxemborg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Isl Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherland Antilles Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Isl Northern Mariana Isl Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Terr. Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome & Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia South Sandwich Isl Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Vincent & Grenadines Suriname Svalbard & Jan Mayen Isl Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Isl Tuvalu U.A.E. U.S.Minor Outlying Isl Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Isl (British) Virgin Isl, (U.S.) Wallis & Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

Please enter your country

Friends of the Earth is a collective name for Friends of the Earth Trust, registered charity 281681, company number 1533942, and Friends of the Earth Limited, company number 1012357, both of which may use the above information. In both cases the registered office is at 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ.