date:Jun 08, 2012
oad-map to achieve the goal of zero deforestation and until this is in place we have suspended the placing of new contracts with JBS.
The expansion of cattle ranching in the Amazon region is said to be the biggest driver of deforestation in the country.
In 2009 the biggest Brazilian slaughterhouses, including JBS, committed to ensuring that deforestation practices were eliminated from their supply chains in the Cattle Agreement.
Greenpeace states that in the past three years, the total value