Banking on destruction: tracking deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - and exposing its backers
Our new tool tracks deforestation events in JBS's indirect supply chain in the region, and tweets JBS to let them know.
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Blog Post | April 24, 2023
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Report | March 30, 2023 Cash, Cattle and the Gran Chaco: How financiers turned a blind eye to Paraguay’s deforestation crisis
Several major European and US financiers are holding or increasing shares in meatpacking giants accused of deforestation and land-grabbing in South America’s second largest forest, the Gran Chaco
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Press Release | March 30, 2023 Major financiers including Santander, BNP Paribas and BlackRock have helped bankroll the “world's worst deforestation crisis” in Paraguay
Some of the world’s biggest financiers have been bankrolling meatpacking giants linked to deforestation in Paraguay’s richly forested Gran Chaco region - with some increasing their shareholding tenfold in the last two years
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Blog Post | December 21, 2022 Companies can’t just walk away from their polluting assets – they must remedy their destruction
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Blog Post | December 15, 2022 The biodiversity crisis cannot end until governments tackle deforestation financing at home
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Long Read | December 06, 2022 Toxic Takeaways
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Blog Post | November 18, 2022 Dead end: ambitious deforestation targets and human rights not included in agribusiness climate roadmap
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Long Read | November 08, 2022 Slash and sell
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Report | September 28, 2022 Bankrolling deforestation: Central banks accused of financing environmental destruction
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Article | September 26, 2022 Amazon palm
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Blog Post | September 01, 2022 Sowing Hope
Briefings
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Briefing Document | May 12, 2022 Shareholders urged to vote against board of Bunge for lack of action on climate
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Briefing Document | May 06, 2021 EU proposals to address the EU’s role in global deforestation: Joint NGO recommendations
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Briefing Document | April 26, 2021 Bunge needs to urgently address deforestation and human rights abuses
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Briefing Document | December 02, 2020 Legislative actions to tackle global deforestation: progress in Europe and lessons for China
Press Releases
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Press Release | March 30, 2023 Major financiers including Santander, BNP Paribas and BlackRock have helped bankroll the “world's worst deforestation crisis” in Paraguay
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Press Release | June 23, 2022 Banks and financiers back beef giant JBS to the tune of almost $1bn despite links to widespread deforestation, land grabbing and slave labour in the Amazon, with tainted beef and leather entering British and European markets
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Press Release | March 10, 2022 Environment Act rules could allow UK consumption to continue fuelling rapid global deforestation and lag behind EU proposals, despite government promises of ‘world-leading’ law
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Press Release | November 23, 2021 New investigation reveals global commodity giants fuelling land conflict and human rights abuses through trade of Brazilian soy
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Press Release | October 28, 2021 New data highlights importance of including beef in Environment Bill to tackle UK’s complicity in global deforestation
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Press Release | October 21, 2021 Top global banks and investors made an estimated $1.74 billion in income since Paris Climate Agreement from deals with agribusinesses linked to destruction of climate-critical forests and human rights abuses
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Press Release | October 07, 2021 Household brands and global financiers including BlackRock linked to clearance of tropical rainforest, human rights abuses in Papua New Guinea
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Press Release | October 06, 2021 US Congress must pass new bill to help end deforestation around the world
Reports
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Report | March 30, 2023 Cash, Cattle and the Gran Chaco: How financiers turned a blind eye to Paraguay’s deforestation crisis
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Report | September 28, 2022 Bankrolling deforestation: Central banks accused of financing environmental destruction
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Report | November 23, 2021 Global commodity traders are fuelling land conflicts in Brazil’s Cerrado
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Report | December 10, 2020 Indonesia palm oil traders are failing land and environmental defenders
Blogs
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Blog Post | April 24, 2023 Banking on destruction: tracking deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - and exposing its backers
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Blog Post | December 21, 2022 Companies can’t just walk away from their polluting assets – they must remedy their destruction
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Blog Post | December 15, 2022 The biodiversity crisis cannot end until governments tackle deforestation financing at home
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Blog Post | November 18, 2022 Dead end: ambitious deforestation targets and human rights not included in agribusiness climate roadmap
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Blog Post | September 01, 2022 Sowing Hope
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Blog Post | May 30, 2022 How Europe can stop funding land grabs in Brazil
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Blog Post | January 21, 2022 Vast Norwegian government fund has warned Brazilian beef giant Marfrig it may divest over its links to deforestation - will other investors follow?
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Blog Post | October 25, 2021 French ‘Green Champion’ BNP Paribas continues to finance agribusinesses linked to deforestation and associated human right abuses to the tune of €5 billion
