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Secret Ingredient: A shocking scandal in the chicken we eat and its lessons for European lawmakers
26.09.2024 Chicken sold by fast-food giant and leading European supermarkets linked to land grabbing, rights abuses, corruption and deforestation in the Cerrado
If it truly aspires to leadership on climate and forests, the US must first break its addiction to the products driving their destruction
08.11.2022 The US has pledged to end deforestation, but it continues to fund destruction overseas via imports of forest-risk commodities
Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis
31.01.2020 New legislation in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness
Nestlé dumps Cargill’s Brazilian soy but persists with its palm oil, cocoa supplies
17.01.2020 Food giant's decision to stop sourcing Brazilian soy from Cargill is welcomed, but failure to act on other suspect supply chains raises questions
Pressure builds on big economies to address commodity import risks in wake of Amazon fires
03.09.2019 G7 and UK Amazon aid pledges are meagre compared to their Brazilian beef purchases
Cargill dubbed ‘worst company in world’ in damning Mighty Earth report
19.07.2019 US commodities giant given the malign moniker amid tide of illegal deforestation, child labour and environmental abuse allegations across its global supply chains
French retailers failing to comply with due diligence law for soy imports
11.04.2019 Companies including Burger King, E.Leclerc and Lidl among those failing to adequately monitor their supply chains in Latin America
Bolivia approves GM soy cultivation for biofuel use, stoking fears of more illegal forest loss
09.04.2019 South American country to persist with an alarming upward trend of forest loss, more than 50% of which was illegal in 2017
Not a single company on track to meet 2020 zero-deforestation deadline
27.03.2019 Forest 500 report shows no palm oil, soy, cattle or timber firm that committed to eliminate deforestation from supply chains by 2020 will meet that goal
Comment: Traders may face reputational risks as deforestation increases in Brazil
06.12.2018 Changes to environmental regulations expected under Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency will increase pressure on companies, traders and investors to take action, Climate Adviser warn
