Fairer finance

The scale of its damage is far reaching:

• Food security: Worldwide, 77% of agricultural land is used to grow and feed livestock, yet it provides just 17% of calories
• Climate change: In 2050, the livestock sector will account for 80% of the world’s allowable greenhouse gas emissions
• Biodiversity: Livestock production is the single largest driver of biodiversity loss, with animal feed crops taking up 40% of the world’s arable land
• Zoonotic diseases: Industrial livestock operations are major drivers of zoonotic disease emergence such as swine flu, bird flu and Ebola
• Antimicrobial resistance: 75% of the world’s antibiotics are used on farm animals, contributing to antibiotic resistance in human medicine
• Smallholder livelihoods: Public development bank investments in factory farming create unfair market competition and robs small producers of access to valuable land, water and forest resources
• Animal welfare: Most animals in industrial livestock farming are kept in small or overcrowded cages, unable to exhibit their natural behaviours

We’re asking all Public Development Banks to:

• Halt all financing for industrial livestock production
• Develop a policy that excludes financing for industrial livestock companies from their lending portfolios

Who's Signed? 

Our letter has been signed by:

• Advocating Wild
• Andhra Pradesh Goshala Federation
• AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection
• AnimalConcepts
• Animal & Biodiversity Programme at the Global Research Network Think Tank
• Animal Friends Jogja
• Animal Protection Denmark
• Animals Australia
• ARCA Brasil
• Aquatic Life Institute
• Ban Animal Trading
• Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED)
• Bank Information Centre
• Bioregional
• Brighter Green
• CAS International
• Catholic Concern for Animals
• CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network)
• Collective Fashion Justice
• Compassion in World Farming
• Dierencoalitie 
• Djurens Rätt
• Djurskyddet Sverige 
• Ecoaction
• Elephanatics
• Eurogroup for Animals
• Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
• Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations
• FOUR PAWS International
• Franciscan Order - Hong Kong
• Fraternité pour le respect animal
• Friends of the Earth USA
• Friends of the Orangutans Malaysia
• Future 4 Wildlife
• Gender Action
• Global Forest Coalition
• Green Advocates International 
• Green Liberty
• GREY2K USA Worldwide
• Health Care Without Harm
• Help Animals India
• Institute of Animal Law of Asia
• Instituto Maíra
• International Accountability Project
• Japan Anti-Vivisection Association
• Jamaa Resource Initiatives
• Kurdistan Organization for Animal Rights Protection
• Lady Freethinker
• Landmark Foundation
• Let's Adopt Indonesia
• Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection
• Mighty Earth
• National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• Neotropical Primate Conservation
• Orangutan Aid
• PETA Asia 亚洲善待动物组织
• Put an End to Animal Cruelty and Exploitation
• Sanctuary for Health & Reconnection to Animals & Nature
• Sea First Foundation
• Sinergia Animal
• Society for Animal Welfare and Management
• Society for Travelers Respecting Animal Welfare
• Stichting Dier&Recht
• Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development
• Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen (The Swedish Association for the Protection of Animals)
• SWISSAID
• Varkens in Nood
• Wakker Dier
• Wild Welfare
• World Animal Protection
• World Federation for Animals