Download Report Here (PDF) Summary At least 49 percent of Brazil’s soy trade is covered by some type of zero- deforestation commitment. Consequently, soy producers involved in deforestation face increasing market access risk. Traders have more advanced ESG policies and lower risk exposure than producers. The large-scale expansion of soybean cultivation in Brazil has been …
Download Report Here (PDF) Download Report Here — Portuguese (PDF) Summary Bunge is the leading soy trader in Piauí Piauí continues to see high rates of Cerrado deforestation Bunge faces reputational and market risks. The global agribusiness and food company Bunge is among the largest players in Brazil’s soy supply chain. It is the leading …
Download Report Here (PDF) Summary BrasilAgro might face the risk of losing access to clients and an overvaluation of its land portfolio because of its sustainability impacts. Investors with forest policies might have most leverage through engagement with BrasilAgro’s parent company Cresud. BrasilAgro can course correct by addressing deforestation risks while improving returns via traceable …
Forest Heroes recently released a report, Green Cats: Scoring Palm Oil and Soy Companies on Forest Policies and Transparency, which analyzes the public pledges of 26 companies – 21 in the SE Asian palm oil market and five in the Latin American soy industry. It examines public disclosure on 18 different factors related to zero-deforestation …
Download Report Here (PDF) — English Download Report Here (PDF) — Portuguese Following the financial crisis of 2007-2008, there has been a growing investor interest in farmland around the world. In Brazil, this interest has been most pronounced in the Cerrado, a large tropical savanna biome that covers more than 20 percent of the country. …
Download Report Here (PDF) — English Download Report Here (PDF) — Portuguese SLC Agrícola is Brazil’s largest publicly traded farming company, founded in 1977. It operates 15 large farms, spread across six Brazilian states – Mato Grosso, Goiás, Bahia, Piauí, Maranhão and Mato Grosso do Sul. This includes activities in the Matopiba region (comprising of …
Download Report Here (PDF) Summary Financial regulators should address environmental and human rights risks in economic sectors driving deforestation. Financial regulators should address environmental and human rights risks in economic sectors driving deforestation. Binding regulation may be more effective than voluntary initiatives. Chinese, Brazilian, and Bangladeshi experiences may be useful for regulators. As published by …
Download Report Here (PDF) Summary Deforestation risks material to financial institutions. Key economic sectors exposed to deforestation-related financial risks. Agriculture, mining, oil and gas, and infrastructure sectors impacted. The economic links between deforestation and climate change are increasingly recognized in, for example, the 2015 Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Paris Agreement and elsewhere. This recognition …
ADM tells suppliers of soy, palm oil to end deforestation Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM:US) announced yesterday that it will adopt a new No Deforestation policy for its soy and palm oil supply chains. It is the first of any major agricultural traders to extend an action plan for forest conservation beyond the Brazilian …
