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Beef companies failing to protect human rights
19 July 2023
Commodity-driven deforestation, such as for pasture for cattle farming, is often synonymous with human rights abuses, including the displacement of Indigenous peoples and local communities as well as...
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Smoking out the fire risk in beef supply chains
10 August 2021
With cattle ranching closely linked to burning season in the Amazon, we look at how beef traders could do more to prevent land being cleared by fire.
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Commodity series: It’s time to beef up action to protect the Amazon
13 March 2020
Conversion for cattle is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon, yet 79% of the Forest 500 companies assessed for beef had yet to make a commitment.
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Companies still falling short on deforestation: more action needed
14 December 2017
The latest Forest 500 results show a lack of overarching deforestation policies across all sectors - and policies in the beef and leather supply chains are particularly scarce .
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New portal puts spotlight on Brazilian Forest Code compliance
11 October 2017
A new portal, providing access to all the information needed to comply or monitor compliance with the Brazilian Forest Code has been launched by the Instituto BVRio and the Observatory of the...
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Time for retailers to turn attention to deforestation risk in cattle products
23 May 2016
Many retailers are at risk of stocking products sourced from cattle raised on recently deforested tropical forest lands. However, some retailers have relatively greater exposure to this problem – as...
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