LGIM: Overuse of antibiotics poses global risk akin to climate change

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is as important an issue as climate change, claims LGIM's Maria Ortino, who says the overuse of antimicrobials - such as antibiotics - in the food chain is posing a threat to multiple sectors in the mid-to-long term. LGIM is one of the shareholders that has been working with The Shareholder Commons (TSC) to file a proposal asking McDonald's to follow World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for safe antimicrobial use. The proposal claims fast food chain McDonald's overuses antibiotics, which exacerbates AMR and compromises the efficacy of antibiotics, ...