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Sucafina Sucafina has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of forced labor, including child labor. The fragmented nature of our coffee supply chain means that our policy commitments are frequently...
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Multinational coffee companies ignore accusations and continue buying from...
Incidents of labour under conditions analogous to slavery on Brazilian coffee farms during the 2021 harvest were not enough to provoke a reaction from major importers of the bean in the United States...
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Agrícola Xingu AGRÍCOLA XINGU S.A. (“XINGU”), enrolled with the National Register of Legal Entities under CNPJ No. 07.205.440/0001-24, with head office at Av. Paulista, 1842 – 9th floor – conj. 97 –...
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Soy produced by company involved in a land conflict in Matopiba supplies the...
Located in the rural area of Correntina, in western Bahia, the community of Capão do Modesto is at the centre of a land conflict that involves death threats, intimidation and destruction of community...
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Check out the article: Surrounded by oil palm, traditional peoples experience terror in land dispute with biodiesel producer Brasil BioFuels (BBF) 1. What is the total area acquired from Biopalma by...
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Surrounded by oil palm, traditional peoples experience terror in land dispute...
No one walks alone anymore, drives on the roads at night or paints themselves with genipap to go to the cities. In the municipalities of Acará and Tomé Açu, in northeast Pará, indigenous and...
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Bolsonaro agenda gets a lift from dominance of ‘new right’ in Congress
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil’s environment minister, Ricardo Salles, caused outrage for suggesting that the government take advantage of the public health emergency to dismantle...
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Europe buys ‘green fuel’ from Brazil but ignores deforestation connection
The European Union (EU) is importing Brazilian biodiesel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by its transportation industry. However, purchases of fuel made from beef tallow have been causing...
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At COP27, agribusiness giants pledge to end environmental destruction while...
To eliminate all deforestation resulting from their operations by 2025. That was the joint promise made at COP27 (the UN Conference on Climate Change) by 14 world agribusiness giants, including...
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Workers denounce low wages and illnesses at Brazilian factories of Adidas,...
Side by side, jerseys at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 display the crests of the national teams that classified for the competition and logos of major sports brands. Nike, Adidas and Puma prevail in...
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Agenda 2023: experts point out what the Lula administration’s priorities...
Illustration: Suzane Lopes/Movimento1989 It is no easy task to calculate the magnitude of the many adverse policies implemented by the administration of Jair Bolsonaro (PL). It is even more difficult...
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Agenda 2023: human rights organizations choose land reform and revoking...
Exclusion of quilombola, indigenous and other traditional populations from public policies; facilitation of access to guns through executive orders; harassment of NGOs and opposition activists. These...
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Agenda 2023: For indigenous leaders, Lula must focus on demarcating lands,...
With maracas and firm steps, various different indigenous peoples have been constantly protesting in Brasília during the administration of Jair Bolsonaro (PL). The demonstrations show how the last...
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Agenda 2023: According to experts, raising the minimum wage and reviewing the...
Creating jobs is not enough; it is necessary to combat labour informality and guarantee decent working conditions. For this to happen, reviewing the labour reform is essential, in addition to...
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Agenda 2023: fighting environmental crimes and strengthening law enforcement...
The many campaign promises stressed by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) at COP-27 – the UN climate conference in Egypt – opened room for organizations linked to the environment to...
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Starbucks supplier farm ignores law and fails to provide coffee harvesting...
A machine with a long handle and metal rods that simulate two hands has become an indispensable item in coffee harvesting in Brazil in recent years. With a gasoline-powered engine, the derriçadeira...
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Sick forest: Munduruku children will not play and may be contaminated by mercury
Eleven-year-old Isaías* cannot speak and cannot walk; he is carried around by his father, who carved an armchair out of wood to make up for the lack of a wheelchair. Isaías’s siblings Hélio, 12,...
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How public agencies hinder access to information about the beef cattle chain
In November 2022, Repórter Brasil and Greenpeace revealed that JBS, one of the largest meatpackers on the planet, purchased 8,785 head of cattle reared in deforested areas of the Brazilian state of...
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Slave labour risk leads certifier to impose more rigour on Brazilian farms
Audits during the harvest period, consultation of documents derived from government inspections and lawsuits are some of the practices adopted by the Rainforest Alliance as a “fine-tooth comb” to...
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Attack on indigenous people in Pará marks a new chapter in conflict with...
Three people from the Tembé Indigenous People were shot on Monday (07) in the latest chapter of a violent land conflict that began three years ago in northeastern Pará, when the Brasil BioFuels (BBF)...
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