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Vegan ESG Investors Want Plant-Based Food Options in America’s Hospitals

Larger push would make plant-based meals default in hospitals, schools, and prisons

Vegan ESG Investors Want Plant-Based Food Options in America’s Hospitals
Food at a hospital prepared for a patient. The Epoch Times
Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
11/17/2022|Updated: 11/17/2022
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Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing continues to reshape America’s private sector. It may soon help dictate the food served at a hospital near you.

The boards of directors for several major American healthcare companies have been sent shareholder proposals from proxy-holders of U.S. Climate Vegan ETF, an exchange-traded fund from the vegan investment firm Beyond Investing. Launched in 2019, it marked the first vegan ETF on Wall Street. Its website states that it maintains “rigorous ESG standards.”
Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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