Queixa da ClientEarth contra a Cargill perante a OCDE

ClientEarth has filed a complaint with the OECD against Cargill, arguing that the company's due diligence fails to address deforestation and human rights abuses in Brazil. The document details specific allegations regarding the Cerrado, Amazon, and Atlantic Forest biomes, and calls for the full disclosure and implementation of effective environmental and human rights policies.

• Cargill is the largest exporter of Brazilian soy, accounting for 10.5% of the country's total soy production, with operations spanning seed supply, storage, transport, and financing.
• ClientEarth alleges that Cargill violates OECD guidelines by failing to conduct adequate environmental due diligence for soy sourced from the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, soy obtained via third-party traders, and soy for which Cargill provides logistics services.
• Evidence links Cargill to soy produced on lands seized from Indigenous peoples and traditional communities, including the Estrondo farm in Bahia (Cerrado) and farms in Santarém and Mojuí dos Campos (Amazon).
• A report from April 2023 indicates that 400 hectares of tropical forest were burned in September 2022 for a soy plantation from a Cargill supplier, with the soy likely transported to Cargill's Santarém port warehouse.
• While Cargill aims for 100% deforestation-free production in the Amazon and Cerrado by 2025, ClientEarth argues the company does not commit to ending 'conversion' of all native ecosystems, which could exclude large areas of the Cerrado.
• Cargill is accused of contributing to 'indirect land use change,' where converting old pastures to soy drives the creation of new pastures in preserved forests and savannas.
• The Cerrado biome stores approximately 13.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, but only 7.5% of its area is legally protected, and land conversion increased by 25% in 2022 compared to the previous year.

APA

ClientEarth (2023). Queixa da ClientEarth contra a Cargill perante a OCDE. https://www.clientearth.org/media/jkydvzcr/queixa-da-clientearth-contra-a-cargill-perante-a-ocde-faq.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Queixa da ClientEarth contra a Cargill perante a OCDE. 2023. https://www.clientearth.org/media/jkydvzcr/queixa-da-clientearth-contra-a-cargill-perante-a-ocde-faq.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{clientearth2023queixa, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Queixa da ClientEarth contra a Cargill perante a OCDE}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/jkydvzcr/queixa-da-clientearth-contra-a-cargill-perante-a-ocde-faq.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }