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Embedding nutrition in financial markets

As shareholders and bondholders of most of the companies rated on our Indexes, institutional investors have the potential to drive substantial change in these companies’ commitments, practices and disclosure on nutrition. 

Currently, the investor signatories that signed up to ATNi’s Investor Expectations on Diets, Nutrition and Health represent over USD 21 trillion AUM (last updated in March 2025).

ATNi works extensively with the investment community to ensure that our Indexes are designed to provide them with the in-depth information they need on companies’ performance on nutrition not available from any other source. Investors can then use our Indexes and reports in their ESG research, investment analysis and engagement.

FTSE Russell, ISS, S&P Global CSA, and ISSB now use ATNi indicators and data in their ratings or are piloting them for scale up. Moreover, in 2025 ATNi has mobilized seven investors who together manage over $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM), to require disclosures from 23 of the largest food and beverage manufacturers using a government endorsed nutrient profile model.

ATNi supports Investors in Nutrition and Health by:

  • Ensuring you are kept up to date about developments in nutrition relevant to investment 
  • Providing and developing materials to support your engagement with companies, e.g. questions to use with Investor Expectations, best-practice examples 
  • Access to ATNi research analysts 
  • The development of research to help build the case for nutrition as a material issue for industry, such as the Materiality of Nutrition report (cont.)
  • Publicizing via our website and social media the work of the investor signatories to amplify their own communications
  • Communicating investor and finance sector perspectives at nutrition events and conferences
  • Growing the signatory base 
  • Maintaining the Investor Portal on the website, with relevant materials, news and links to our work and that of other relevant organisations 
  • Facilitating collaborative investor engagement with companies ranked in our Indexes and publishing engagement analysis reports 

2021-23 Engagement Analysis Report
2018-20 Engagement Analysis Report

In the ground-breaking Materiality of Nutrition report, ATNi and Planet Tracker build the business case for investment in nutrition. It analyses 20 of the largest global food manufacturers and compares the healthiness of their food product portfolios with their profits and market valuations. 

The report finds an association between companies with healthier food product portfolios and higher profitability in comparison to their unhealthy peers, creating opportunities for investors. However, poor disclosure and a general lack of information observed constitutes a risk for investors and makes definitive conclusions difficult – indicating a need for greater study and analysis. 

Building on this work, ATNi is helping drive nutrition-sensitive financing into the heart of capital markets by demanding transparent disclosures on the healthiness of food product portfolios from food companies. Nutrition is increasingly seen as a financially material issue by investors, many who have recently made systemic changes to the way they invest in food companies due to ATNi’s work.  

Materiality of Nutrition Report
The Business Case for Investment in Nutrition

Investor Expectations on Diets, Nutrition & Health

ATNi’s Investor Expectations were published in July 2020, following consultations with institutional investors. They are a framework to interpret ATNi’s indexes to support greater investor engagement with companies to address global nutrition challenges and deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Signatories to the Investor Expectations will have access to the Investor portal – a password-protected nutrition and finance resource hub – and ATNi’s expertise and support for their research and engagement. 

 

If you are interested in becoming a signatory and pledging your support for ATNi’s work, please contact investor.support@atni.org. There is no fee, and no reporting requirements associated with becoming a signatory. 

ATNi Investor Expectations
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Below you can see the updated list of the investor signatories that have signed up to ATNi's Investor Expectations on Diets, Nutrition and Health, representing over USD 21 trillion AUM (last updated in March 2025).

1 Aberdeen Standard Investments UK
2 Abakkus Asset Manager IN
3 Achmea Investment Management NL
4 Aikya Investment Management UK
5 Allianz Global Investors DE
6 Alquity Investment Management UK
7 AMP Capital AU
8 Amundi FR
9 Apostle Funds Management AU
10 Arisaig Partners SG
11 ASR Nederland NL
12 Australian Ethical Investment AU
13 Aviva UK
14 AXA Investments FR
15 BancoPosta Fondi Sgr IT
16 BNP Paribas Investment Partners FR
17 Boston Common Asset Management US
18 Calvert US
19 Candriam Investors Group FR
20 Cardano NL
21 CBF Church of England Fund UK
22 CCLA Investment Management UK
23 Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church UK
24 Church Commissioners for England UK
25 Church of England Pensions Board UK
26 Columbia Threadneedle Investments US
27 Cometa IT
28 CommonSpirit Health US
29 Coöperatie VGZ NL
30 CZ Group NL
31 DNB Asset Management NO
32 DSP Asset Managers IN
33 EdenTree Investment Management UK
34 Epworth Investment Management UK
35 EQ Investors UK
36 Ethical Partners Fund Management AU
37 Ethos Foundation CH
38 Everence and the Praxis Mutual Funds US
39 Fukoku Capital Management, Inc. JP
40 Friends Fiduciary Corporation US
41 GAM Investments CH
42 Globalance CH
43 Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Charity Endowment Fund UK
44 Hermes EOS UK

 

 

 

45 Hexavest CA
46 ICCR US
47 Impax Asset Management UK
48 J Safra Sarasin CH
49 JLens US
50 KLP Kapitlalforvaltning NO
51 LGIM UK
52 Lion Trust UK
53 Local Authority Pension Fund Forum UK
54 Local Government Super AU
55 Longview Partners UK
56 Mercy Investment Services US
57 Mirova FR
58 MUFG Asset Management JP
59 NEI Investments CA
60 Ocean Dial Asset Management UK
61 Nest Pensions UK
62 Nomura Asset Management JP
63 Pax World Management US
64 Pictet Group CH
65 PIMCO US
66 PosteVita IT
67 Quantum IN
68 Rathbones Greenbank UK
69 Resona Asset Management JP
70 Robeco NL
71 RRSE – Le Regroupement pour la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises CA
72 Sanso IS FR
73 Sarasin & Partners CH
74 Schroders UK
75 Seventh Generation Interfaith US
76 Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia US
77 Socially Responsible Investment Coalition US
78 Stichting Pensioenfonds Huisartsen NL
79 Storebrand NO
80 T. Rowe Price US
81 The Health Foundation UK
82 Trillium Asset Management US
83 Trinity Health US
84 Triodos Investment Management NL
85 Trusteam Finance FR
86 UBS Asset Management GLOBAL
87 Unicredit Pension Fund IT
88 Vancity Investment Management CA

Signatories to the Investor Expectations will have access to the Investor portal – a password-protected nutrition and finance resource hub – and ATNi’s expertise and support for their research and engagement.

 

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