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The complaint focuses on Cargill's soy supply chain in Brazil, specifically alleging failures to monitor deforestation in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, a lack of traceability for indirectly sourced soy, and a failure to address indirect land-use change. Additionally, the complaint highlights risks of human rights violations against Indigenous peoples and quilombolas. 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Specifically, in the Cerrado, the company is accused of failing to monitor the full extent of ecosystem conversion and allowing soy from recently deforested areas; in the Atlantic Forest, it is alleged that no deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) due diligence is performed.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000875#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The complaint highlights a significant gap in the monitoring of indirectly sourced soy, which constitutes 42% of Cargill's soy in Brazil. ClientEarth claims the company lacks systems to trace this soy to the farm of origin and has no measurable goals for future traceability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000875#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Cargill is accused of failing to perform DCF due diligence on 'third-party soy'—soy owned by other entities for which Cargill provides storage, loading, and freight services at its seven Brazilian port terminals. 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The complaint highlights specific failures regarding the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes, indirectly sourced soy, non-owned soy handled at Cargill ports, and indirect land use change. ClientEarth seeks full disclosure of Cargill's policies and the adoption of effective due diligence measures aligned with OECD-FAO and UN guidance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000927#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Cargill is the largest exporter of soy from Brazil, representing 10.5% of the country's total soy production, with sourcing primarily from the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest, and the Cerrado savanna.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000927#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"ClientEarth alleges that Cargill's environmental due diligence is insufficient in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest compared to the Amazon. 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