Your post has inspired me to investigate if (and maybe later posting something about) EAs should contribute to public consultations issued by financial regulators on ESG standards to argue for explicitly inserting mentions to animal welfare. For instance, would EBA include something like this in European Banking regulations? That’s why Mercy for Animals (and others) have recently asked Brazilian SEC (CVM) to mention animal welfare in regulatory norms about financial disclosures (we could provide a translation if necessary).
Actually, this was the argument for OCC to threaten to strike down some banks’ blacklist policies against polluters last year.
Animal welfare has been an interesting case where pressure on corporations concerned with ESG policies has had some results. That’s an area where changes in antitrust law would be welcome; I think ESG regulations should make explicit reference to this area, lest regulators may proscribe some animal welfare policies as collusion.
Your post has inspired me to investigate if (and maybe later posting something about) EAs should contribute to public consultations issued by financial regulators on ESG standards to argue for explicitly inserting mentions to animal welfare. For instance, would EBA include something like this in European Banking regulations? That’s why Mercy for Animals (and others) have recently asked Brazilian SEC (CVM) to mention animal welfare in regulatory norms about financial disclosures (we could provide a translation if necessary).