Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2013
Vanderbilt investment withdrawal
After student protests and public scrutiny, Vanderbilt University withdrew its reported US$26 million investment from EMVest. The withdrawal became the most clearly documented institutional response to the controversy.
2011
Allegations of land grabbing through institutional investment
EMVest was criticized after the Oakland Institute linked university investments in African landholdings to the broader phenomenon described by campaigners as land grabbing. The criticism focused on the potential social and ethical consequences of large-scale agricultural land ownership involving foreign institutional capital.