25.11.20
Environment
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
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
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
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
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
An analysis by the Bureau and Unearthed has linked British and European banks to funding for Brazil's largest meat companies
07.04.20
The data has fuelled concerns about growing American influence over the British food sector
30.03.20
The prime minister dismissed a threat by President Macron of France to block the Mercosur trade deal with Brazil over the country's failure to deal with the rainforest fires
10.12.19
A UN special rapporteur and his predecessor in post have called on the Bank's investment arm to ensure it only contributes to climate-friendly businesses
MEPs have called for a rethink of the Mercosur trade deal after the Bureau's revelations about burning in the Amazon around Brazilian abattoirs. The fires are often linked to cattle ranching in the re...
21.10.19
The Bureau shared data on imports of Brazilian beef across the EU with Die Welt, the German newspaper, who found major household names were buying from meat companies linked to deforestation
23.09.19
After revealing that salmonella in British eggs had poisoned 100 people, the Bureau discovered that rules to control the disease had been breached across the sector
20.09.19
The Bureau can exclusively reveal that British eggs have been contaminated with a dangerous strain of salmonella, despite recent government assurances that they are safe
17.09.19
The Bureau and Repórter Brasil have discovered that a major Brazilian meat company bought cows from a ranch that had been fined weeks earlier for breaking environmental protection rules
02.07.19
The world's biggest meat company has the power to impact climate change and openly admits to corruption, yet you've probably never heard of it
A huge cattle ranch business is flouting bans designed to protect the rainforest and selling its cows to the world's largest meat company, our investigation has found
Our data analysis showed that Brazil is exporting tonnes of salmonella-infected frozen chicken to Europe despite its much lower standards
13.06.19
The Bureau investigated the damage done to the environment by rising ammonia emissions from farms, and the simple steps farmers and government officials can take to prevent it
Led by an expert analysis of how ammonia gas is damaging human health in the UK, we investigated why farms are not taking simple measures to reduce their pollution
18.01.19
Global Superbugs
Zoetis is still selling feed additives which make livestock grow faster
