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Don't be fooled by JBS's "2040 Net Zero" commitment. Deforestation is in JBS's DNA. Financing and buying from JBS is risky business. It's time to #DropJBS.
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https://dropjbs.org 23-07-2021 08:17:41
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Livestock emissions are now a staggering 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions... So how can Bank of America Citi Chase meet their climate commitments whilst pouring BILLIONS into the industrial livestock industry each year? Read Friends of the Earth (Action)' new report: buff.ly/4ak6RMx
Brazilian meat giant JBS has failed to act on 68 cases of deforestation on cattle farms in the Amazon and Cerrado. Read more about Mighty Earth 🌍 and Aidenvironment.org new analysis here: bit.ly/3UjaBY2
The Humane World for Animals joins campaigners, politicians and lawyers to file complaint about the proposed JBS NYSE 🏛 listing: ⤵️ 🐷 Risk to animal welfare 🌍 Risk to the climate 🏦 Risk to corporate governance Will the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and investors stop the listing? bit.ly/3XxOKPX
New research shows that livestock companies spend more on advertising than green measures and JBS is no exception, spending just 0.03% of its revenues on climate measures. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and shareholders - don't believe the greenwash in JBS's #NYSE prospectus desmog.com/2024/07/22/wor…
Asset managers and JBS shareholders like BlackRock and vanguardgroup are bankrolling JBS to the tune of millions via so-called sustainable #ESG funds reveals Global Witness in a new investigation. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…
New research from Brazil Big Beef Watch in Brazil shows that: "More than 400 hectares of forest were destroyed last year on farms belonging to JBS’ indirect suppliers – equal to over a football field lost every day in Pará alone" U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - say no to the IPO! globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…
"A labor union is calling on US authorities to investigate JBS SA over allegations of abuse and crimes against immigrant workers just as the world’s largest meat producer seeks to trade its shares in the US." U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stop the IPO and protect US workers! yhoo.it/4elbuZ4
Nearly 8,000 cows likely raised illegally inside Indigenous territory have been purchased by meatpacker JBS since 2018, driving deforestation and violence against Indigenous communities. JBS' largest creditor? UK banking giant Barclays Bank gwitness.org/3XCG7C6
JBS has gutted commitments to human rights and sidestepped climate commitments in latest NYSE listing plans. 18 investors representing $22.2 billion under assets managed urge the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to protect US investors and block the listing. Read more ⤵️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"JBS has a long history of misleading investors and other corrupt business practices...The company doesn’t deserve a taxpayer handout, it needs a federal investigation" Sen. Marco Rubio on the JBS NYSE listing in New York Post nypost.com/2024/10/19/us-…
New investigation from Mighty Earth 🌍 links UK chicken producer Moy Park (a JBS subsidiary) and US grain giant Cargill to #deforestation in Brazil. Read more ⤵️ sustainableviews.com/uk-supermarket…
Today the The New York Times front page story by Jack Nicas and Flávia Milhorance reports on a disturbing new phenomenon - “chemical deforestation” to clear vast areas of land in Brazil to make way for cattle ranching. @standmighty is quoted, read more ➡️nytimes.com/2024/10/29/wor…
Brazilian environmental protection agency fining JBS and other meatpackers $64 million for buying or raising cattle on illegally deforested land. JBS NYSE listing plans looking more and more risky. 👀Take note U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and JBS shareholders ⤵️ reuters.com/world/americas…