Civil society calls for JBS to be stripped of A minus climate rating
Environmental disclosure group CDP raised Brazilian meat giant’s climate score despite JBS’s huge climate emissions and dire deforestation record
Tesco’s meat problem
Britain’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco sells a lot of meat – hundreds of millions of chickens a year alone. This month, Tesco produced a new set of requirements for its meat suppliers to try and address the massive environmental consequences of those meat sales, starting with the soy-based animal feed used to fatten chicken, pigs and cows for its own-brand meat and dairy offer.
Beef Scorecard: Global Food Brands Failing to Address Largest Driver of Deforestation
The world's top supermarket and fast-food companies are largely ignoring the environmental and human rights abuses caused by their beef products.
Bolivia leaders and international organizations join forces to rescue Bolivian forests
Between 2017 and 2021, 600 civil society leaders and Bolivian organizations signed El Pacto del Bosque. Today they are joined by more than 20 international organizations that agree on the urgent need to find real solutions to stop the alarming deforestation rates in Bolivia
JBS Promises 14 More Years of Forest Destruction
The paltry scope of JBS's latest pledge demonstrates the need for us to keep the pressure on.
Ending U.S. Companies’ Complicity in Illegal Deforestation
Today, Mighty Earth joined with a number of civil society organizations to call on Congress and the Biden-Harris administration to "pass legislation to prevent agricultural commodities produced on illegally deforested land from entering the U.S. market and establish due diligence requirements on relevant commodity imports."
Amazon indigenous communities and international NGOs sue supermarket giant Casino/Pão de Açúcar/Éxito over deforestation and human rights violations
Indigenous peoples from the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon and non-governmental organizations from France and the US today filed a lawsuit in the Saint-Etienne court against global retail giant Groupe Casino over selling beef products linked to deforestation and land grabbing.
New Campaign Tells Big Business: Protect Forests to Prevent Pandemics
A new video calls on major corporations to protect forests to help prevent the next global pandemic.
European Parliament Urges the EU to Stop Deforestation
The European Parliament has adopted a legislative initiative report urging the European Commission to propose a strong law to ensure products sold in the Union are deforestation-free and don’t cause human rights abuses.
JBS is an Environmental and Legal Liability
In addition to their rampant lawbreaking, JBS is one of the companies driving the destruction of the Amazon. No responsible enterprise should be doing business with JBS.