Farmers with properties inside the Ituna-Itatá Indigenous Land are among JBS’s indirect suppliers, according to a Greenpeace Brasil study. This Indigenous Land was the most deforested area in Brazil in 2019, and 94% of its territory is registered to private individuals through the Rural Environmental Registry (Cadastro Ambiental Rural – CAR), a self-declaratory system that has been used to give the appearance of legality to land ownership.
A Greenpeace Brasil investigation revealed that cattle raised inside the Serra Ricardo Franco State Park, in Mato Grosso (MT), supplied JBS. The Paredão farm, located within the park, sold at least 4,000 head of cattle to the Barra Mansa farm, which is located outside the protected area and supplied cattle directly to JBS’s meatpacking plant in Pontes e Lacerda. During the same period, this plant exported meat to 25 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.
According to a Reuters report, JBS and its executives have been accused of spreading false and misleading information to investors by the law firms DRRT in the United States and Finkelstein Advogados in Brazil. According to the article, an arbitration case filed on behalf of the company’s shareholders alleged that JBS became the world’s largest meat processor through “bribery and corruption,” claiming damages totaling USD 270 million.
