Rockefeller Brothers Fund

To counter the lack of corporate accountability of the agrochemical industry for the damage caused by its perpetuation of the use of harmful chemical pesticides, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund staff in June 2002 brought together concerned scientists, lawyers, socially responsible investment professionals, and sustainable agriculture advocates at their Pocantico Conference Center. The group's objective was to communicate to market analysts the long-term downside risks of investments in pesticides, in the hope that dissemination of this information would contribute to increasing corporate accountability and safeguarding public and environmental health. Excerpts from its proceedings are presented.

We believe this disconnect is due to a misunderstanding and underestimation of the risks, liabilities, and long-term viability of this industry.Our task, therefore, is to better document and communicate these risks and liabilities to investors, analysts, and consumers so that they will able to better assess the market value of agrochemical firms.

(1997). Humanitarian recognition in the former Yugoslavia: The limits of non‐state politics. Security Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 194-228.

Estonia has regained its independence after fifty years of Soviet occupation, which left its coastal zones devastated and many border areas depopulated. Soviet power replaced a complex prewar coastal economy combining many part‐time pursuits with a large‐scale, export‐oriented fishing industry. Independent Estonia has inherited a grossly overcapitalized fisheries sector dominated by large Soviet‐era “collective fisheries.”; Because of the loss of subsidies, long‐distance fishing opportunities, and the former Soviet market, Estonia must now reduce fishing effort, pay greater attention to the management of coastal stocks, and work toward the breakup and privatization of the former collective fisheries (FCFs). At the same time, efforts must be made toward constructing a free‐market coastal economy characterized by smaller production units, in which economic pursuits such as market gardening, animal husbandry, forest products, tourism and light industry will also play a role.