Enslaved in ethanol
Acclaimed as a sustainable alternative, ethanol has seen cases of deaths and forced labour in sugarcane plantations
Accident factories
Brazilian meatpacking workers report routine pain and accidents and unhealthy and unsafe working conditions
Monitor #21: Chain of responsibilities
With operations ranging from farming to processing, giant corporation Cargill is linked to deforestation, slave labour and other human and environmental rights violations
Monitor #20: Insured irregularities
Agricultural insurance protects plantations in areas with illegal deforestation, overlapping indigenous territories, and to producers caught using slave labour
Report: Behind Starbucks Coffee
Brazil’s seasonal harvest labourers report routine of low wages, cold food and even slave labour on farms that supply the world’s most famous coffee shop chain
Monitor #19: Infamous connections
The relationship between the French financial system and deforestation in Brazil
Monitor #18: The trail of destruction caused by soy in Brazil’s Cerrado
Illegal deforestation and land conflicts contaminate supply chains of large multinational trading companies
Monitor #17: Forest turned into animal feed
Soy and corn used as animal feed are increasing deforestation in Brazil
Boletim Monitor #16: Eyes closed to deforestation
How corruption, lax government policies and insufficient corporate traceability systems facilitate the flow of criminally produced livestock
Boletim Monitor #15: The murder weapon
How construction and agricultural equipment are contributing to illegal deforestation in the Amazon
