We launched a major new campaign taking on giant Agricultural companies ADM, Bunge, and Cargill for violating human rights and clearing rainforests to make way for massive soy and palm plantations. Clearing tropical rainforests for plantations, what we call agri-sprawl, generates more than 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is the reason why Indonesia is the world’s third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and Brazil is #4.Number one and two for now are The U.S. and China, respectively, but that order is expected to reverse soon. I find it very interesting that the top two countries are digging up hydrocarbons stored in the Earth's crust and burning them, while Indonesia and Brazil are burning hydrocarbons (wood) sitting on the surface.
These agricultural companies trade at higher valuations (earnings multiples) but benefit from the same high prices of energy and global commodiites that are driving up the price of energy. Higher commodity prices and demand mean more land is being put to work. Since a dense rainforest holds more hydrocarbons (burnable substances), burning down the rainforest to build a farm relseases CO2.
I also learned what can happen if I don't stay with my beliefs and bail on a stock too early, resulting in years of kicking myself and muttering of what I should have, could have, would have done.
The company I am referring to is my first stock pick from 1989, Comverse Technology (CMVT -OTC).
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