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16.06.22

Environment

I am angry about the murders in the Amazon. And you should be too

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira dedicated their lives to a war against extinction in the Amazon

19.05.22

Environment

Insurance giant Marsh signs on for environmentally disastrous pipeline project

Company defies its employees to broker project that will generate 33 million tons of carbon emissions each year

16.03.22

Global Superbugs

Superbugs on the shelves: diseased chicken being sold across America

Companies routinely exceed level of bacteria allowed by USDA – and do not have to recall their products

09.03.22

Environment

BlackRock tells oil regulator: ignore our CEO’s climate pledges

Chief executive of world's biggest assets manager has said sustainability will be at the heart of the company's investments

14.01.22

Environment

Soybean giant breaks pledge on Amazon deforestation

Cargill found to be trading with farm responsible for swaths of cleared rainforest

17.12.21

Environment

Supermarkets drop Brazil beef over links to deforestation

Sainsbury's and five other European supermarkets have said they will not source some or all of their beef products from Brazil's biggest meat business after concerns over links to deforestation

08.11.21

Environment

HSBC led big banks’ charge against climate change action

Bank lobbied to delay key deadline and scrap mandatory science-based targets for 50-bank net-zero alliance

15.10.21

Environment

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

A 400-mile voyage between two soya superfarms threw up two constants: charred woodland and serious prosperity

13.10.21

Environment

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

For farmers, it is a magic bean that helps pack muscle onto chickens, pigs and cattle. But there are mounting concerns about the expansion of soya farming around the world

13.10.21

Environment

British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

Agribusinesses in the global food chain claim they can make soya sustainable, but mounting evidence suggests otherwise

31.07.21

Environment

Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro

The Bureau’s investigation also found that beef from farmers accused of illegal deforestation was still making its way into global supply chains, including those serving at least two of the world’s bi...

19.05.21

Environment

Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon

An investigation has uncovered how three of the world’s biggest food businesses have purchased soya from companies whose supply chains have been the subject of concerns over links to illegal deforesta...

13.02.21

Environment

Walmart among US retail giants selling beef linked to Amazon destruction

Campaigners call for major grocers to cut ties with controversial Brazilian meat firm JBS

25.11.20

Environment

British chicken driving deforestation in Brazil’s “second Amazon”

Britain’s leading supermarkets and fast food outlets are selling chicken fed on soya that has been linked to vast deforestation and thousands of fires across a vital region of tropical woodland

25.11.20

Environment

Cargill: the company feeding the world by helping destroy the planet

It's a controversial corporate giant that transformed how we eat and has the global food industry in its grip. So why haven't we heard of it?

12.08.20

Environment

"The pressure's on": HSBC warns meat company JBS over Amazon deforestation

An internal report by HSBC bankers says the world's biggest meat company has no real plan for tackling deforestation in its supply chain and this represents a major risk to investors

27.07.20

Environment

Brazilian meat giant trucked cattle from deforested Amazon ranch

The Bureau has uncovered evidence of JBS moving cattle from an illegally deforested farm to one of its own suppliers - a journey it claims is untraceable

02.07.20

Environment

Development banks funding industrial farms around the world

Billions of dollars are being pumped into the meat and dairy industries, despite warnings that global livestock production needs to be curtailed to avoid climate catastrophe

04.06.20

Environment

Revealed: UK investors’ $2bn backing for meat giants linked to Amazon deforestation

An analysis by the Bureau and Unearthed has linked British and European banks to funding for Brazil's largest meat companies

07.04.20

Environment

Half of UK chickens produced by US agriculture giants

The data has fuelled concerns about growing American influence over the British food sector

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