CEO Note: Legal victory on JBS

New York State Attorney General Letitia James secured a settlement requiring JBS to reform deceptive marketing practices, report progress to the state for three years, and pay $1.1 million toward climate-smart agriculture in New York. The settlement follows allegations that JBS falsely marketed a trajectory toward net-zero emissions by 2040 while expanding meat processing. Mighty Earth has also initiated a lawsuit in Washington, DC, for violations of the Consumer Practices Protection Act and a case with the UK Financial Conduct Authority regarding Barclays' underwriting of $3 billion in Sustainability-Linked Bonds for JBS. The document asserts that JBS excludes the vast majority of its climate footprint—over 95%—from its net-zero calculations by reporting only Scope 1 and 2 operational emissions. Additionally, the text highlights JBS's expansion into Nigeria with a $2.5 billion investment in six slaughterhouses, alongside its history of Amazon deforestation and Clean Water Act violations in the US.

• JBS has reached a settlement with the New York State Attorney General that mandates the company reform its "deceptive marketing practices," provide progress reports to the New York State government for three years, and pay $1.1 million to support climate smart agriculture within New York state.
• Mighty Earth has launched two further legal actions: a lawsuit in Washington, DC, alleging JBS violated the Consumer Practices Protection Act through deceptive marketing, and a case in London with the Financial Conduct Authority regarding Barclays' underwriting of $3 billion in Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs) for JBS.
• The legal challenges center on JBS's manipulation of net-zero claims, specifically that the company reports only Scope 1 and 2 operational emissions while excluding the impacts of raising livestock, which account for more than 95% of its climate and nature footprint.
• JBS is expanding its industrial agriculture model into Africa with an initial $2.5 billion investment to build six new slaughterhouses in Nigeria.

APA

Hurowitz, G. (2025). CEO Note: Legal victory on JBS. Mighty Earth. https://mightyearth.org/article/ceo-note-legal-victory-jbs/

Chicago

Hurowitz, Glenn. CEO Note: Legal victory on JBS. Mighty Earth, 2025. https://mightyearth.org/article/ceo-note-legal-victory-jbs/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{hurowitz2025ceo, author = {Hurowitz, Glenn}, title = {{CEO Note: Legal victory on JBS}}, publisher = {Mighty Earth}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://mightyearth.org/article/ceo-note-legal-victory-jbs/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }