6.3.2 Arreststörung

Wie man mit Effizienz und Optimierung Geld verdient, ist der Hauptfaktor für Investitionsentscheidungen im Paradigma der Arreststörung. Dieses Anlageparadigma versucht, weniger zu verschwenden und Erträge zu erzielen, indem es schlanke Unternehmensprozesse, technische Fortschritte bei der Effizienz oder einen geringeren Ressourcenverbrauch fördert. Anlagestrategien, die auf Arreststörungen basieren, sind wiederum mit einem bestimmten Schritt in der Lebensmittelwertschöpfungskette verbunden, allerdings mit einer gründlicheren Analyse der Ressourcennutzung und -nutzung.

Investments in food products that lessen the consumer’s effort or harm include those that are quicker or easier to consume, have fewer calories, sugar, or fat, or are less problematic from an ethical standpoint. Products like Soylent, “diet” sodas or low-alcohol beers, as well as plant-based meats like Impossible burgers or OmniPork, are specific examples. Ag-tech efficiencies, such as reduced pesticide use, lower water requirements, fewer fertilizer inputs with higher yields, farm software solutions, and labor-saving robots, are the main focus of investments in agricultural production.

Investors operating within this paradigm frequently speak in a defensive manner about the significance and validity of their strategy, which is consistent with the general attitude of Arrest Disorder. Investors in plant-based “meats,” for instance, which have a lower environmental impact than industrial animal protein production, criticize holistic rotational grazing methods that go beyond harm reduction and improve the health of ecosystems and soils. Despite public uproar against ocean pollution and the larger systemic capabilities of carbon-sequestering packaging materials sourced from sustainable forestry, plastics producers aggressively point to the greenhouse greenhouse gas emissions and water efficacy of their single-use packaging.