International bank is a shareholder in Minerva and Marfrig, two of the three largest beef producers in Brazil. Investigation shows that companies bought cattle from fines for illegal deforestation

The world’s largest investment fund manager, BlackRock said it would take concrete action against companies for their inaction regarding global warming. But it left out the meat industry

A journalistic Investigation by Repórter Brasil reveals how cattle from deforested farms in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso elude control by meatpacking companies like JBS

Official documents and satellite images show forest clearing without permission in Cerrado farms that supply cattle to the two largest meatpacking companies in the country

Slaughterhouses cannot buy animals raised in deforested areas, but ranchers operating irregularly within the Indigenous Land use intermediary farms to circumvent restrictions

In the Amazon, irregularities such as ‘cattle washing’ and animal husbandry in deforested areas continue to affect the supply chain, according audit conducted in 23 Pará slaughterhouses

Carrefour and other supermarket chain bought cattle from meatpackers whose suppliers include ranchers charged with slave labor. After the story was published, they cut ties

Even after a 25-million-real fine for buying livestock from deforested areas in 2017, the illegal practice continues and JBS still sources livestock from Amazon-deforesting companies.

Giant meatpacking companies operating in both the domestic and foreign markets such as JBS and Marfrig buy cattle from deforesters in area highly affected by fires in the Amazon. 

Company led by the banker who owns the Opportunity group was granted an injunction to repossess a farm occupied in 2008 by 212 families in Eldorado dos Carajás (PA).