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1/6 - After a series of reports exposing the connection between JBS and deforestation in the Amazon, the European Investment Bank Nordea Asset announced they will divest from the Brazilian slaughterhouse.
#ActForAmazon https://act.gp/2BGDglC
#ActForAmazon https://act.gp/2BGDglC
2/6 - Back in May, @greenpeacebr reported slaughterhouses Marfrig, Frigol and JBS were involved in “cattle laundering” and in buying cattle raised in Ituna-Itatá, the Indigenous land that was most deforested in 2019. https://act.gp/3hL7HX6
3/6 - Days after, @greenpeacebr exposed how slaughterhouses JBS, Marfrig and Minerva have been indirectly buying cattle illegally raised in the Ricardo Franco Park in the Amazon, and exporting meat to several countries like Denmark, the UK and Hong Kong. https://act.gp/2A1VvkA
4/6 - Still in May, @amnesty and @reporterb ‘s investigation revealed links between JBS and cattle illegally grazed in protected areas in the state of Rondonia. https://act.gp/2CQD4AX
5/6 - Nordea Asset’s divestment is a consequence of the companies’ inaction to fulfill the promises to end deforestation more than a decade ago, and of the lack of will of the Brazilian government to protect the Amazon. https://governmentofdestruction.org/
6/6 - The question is: how long will it take for other investment banks to follow Nordea’s steps? When will companies that exploit the Amazon, along with the Brazilian government, start to ACT for the protection of the Amazon and its Peoples?
