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

Food at a hospital prepared for a patient. The Epoch Times

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.”