THE MIGHTY EARTH SOY AND CATTLE DEFORESTATION TRACKER

Mighty Earth's Deforestation Tracker identifies significant land clearance linked to major Brazilian agribusiness traders, specifically highlighting JBS, Cargill, and Bunge as poor performers. The report details how these companies supply supermarkets in the US, UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, and urges retailers to implement strict no-deforestation policies and shift sourcing to better-performing traders.

• Between March 2019 and November 2020, Mighty Earth and Aidenvironment's Rapid Response monitoring system detected over 2,000 square km (200,000 hectares) of deforestation and clearance linked to the ten largest meatpackers and soy traders in Brazil.
• JBS and Cargill are identified as the poorest overall performers in the Tracker. JBS received a score of 1/100 and is linked to 42,538 hectares of clearance since March 2019, with 50% classified as possibly illegal. Cargill scored 25/100 and is linked to 61,260 hectares of clearance, of which 10,999 are possibly illegal.
• Among the assessed companies, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), AMAGGI, and ALZ Graõs are better performing soy traders, while Minerva (score 46/100) and Marfrig (score 40/100) are the better performers in beef supply chains.
• European supermarkets are highly exposed to deforestation through soy traders Cargill and Bunge. In the UK, Cargill holds a 70% share of soy exports from Brazil. In France, Bunge and Cargill together hold over 50% of the export market from Brazil.
• US supermarkets are exposed to deforestation risk through beef imports, particularly from JBS, which holds nearly half of the share of beef products exported from Brazil to the US. This risk increased after the US government lifted restrictions on fresh and frozen beef imports from Brazil in March 2020.
• The report notes that no company assessed has demonstrated a deforestation-free supply chain or taken significant action to resolve detected cases of deforestation.
• Mighty Earth recommends that supermarkets implement strong no-deforestation and no-conversion policies, improve traceability to include indirect suppliers, insert deforestation-free conditionality clauses in contracts, and shift sourcing preferences away from poor performers like JBS, Cargill, and Bunge.

APA

Mighty Earth (n.d.). THE MIGHTY EARTH SOY AND CATTLE DEFORESTATION TRACKER. https://www.mightyearth.org/wp-content/uploads/Mighty-Earth-Brief-V8.pdf

Chicago

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@techreport{mightyearthndmighty, author = {{Mighty Earth}}, title = {{THE MIGHTY EARTH SOY AND CATTLE DEFORESTATION TRACKER}}, institution = {Mighty Earth}, url = {https://www.mightyearth.org/wp-content/uploads/Mighty-Earth-Brief-V8.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }