Starbucks: slave and child labour found at certified coffee farms in Minas...
Starbucks – the world’s largest and most famous coffeehouse chain, with 35,000 points of sale in 83 countries – is unable to guarantee that the coffee sold at its stores is not associated with serious...
View ArticleJBS’s greenwash to list in the NY Stock Exchange
In celebration of its 70th anniversary, JBS announced a new visual identity in October. The replacement of the logo’s traditional red with shades of blue and green aims to reflect the brand’s “journey...
View ArticleBrazilian slaughterhouses bought cattle from money laundering suspects
In recent years, major Brazilian slaughterhouses, including JBS, Marfrig, and Minerva, have purchased cattle from economic groups under investigation not only for environmental offenses but also for...
View ArticleBelo Sun asks for the arrest of protesters opposing Brazil’s largest gold mine
Canadian mining company Belo Sun asked a Pará State Court to arrest 40 protesters and members of environmental organizations who oppose its plan to establish Brazil’s largest open-pit gold mine....
View ArticleUber and Audi used carbon credits generated in a farm that employed slave labor
Audi, Uber, and 20 other companies offset greenhouse gas emissions using carbon credits from an area where the Brazilian authorities identified deforestation and the use of enslaved workers. In June...
View ArticleA shipment of 19,000 Brazilian cattle infests the air of South Africa’s capital
The passage of a ship carrying 19,000 live cattle exported from Brazil to Iraq brought an “unimaginable stench” to Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, where the vessel made a refueling stop, as...
View ArticleLula urged to cancel Bolsonaro’s agreement with Canadian mining company for...
Pressure mounts on the Lula administration to annul the contract that handed over 2,428 hectares of federal land to Canadian mining company Belo Sun to extract gold in an area allocated to a land...
View ArticleSymbolic Tribunal in Pará: New Accusation by Amazon Peoples against Cargill
Cargill and other multinational grain exporters were “convicted” in a symbolic trial held in Santarém (PA) by indigenous peoples, river dwellers, and family farmers on Monday (4). In the “people’s...
View ArticleAmputations and Deaths: Coffee Harvesting Machine Causes Wave of Accidents in...
The use of harvesters in conilon coffee plantations, a type of bean used to make instant coffee, has been responsible for at least nine amputations of legs, arms, and fingers, as well as two deaths in...
View Article“He was pulled into the machine”: The Tragic Accounts of Accidents in Brazil
Harvesters used in conilon coffee plantations have been responsible for serious accidents, including amputations like that of 42-year-old farmer Rogéria Silveira. She lost part of her arm in the...
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