INFO BRIEF Nº. 4 - TRACEABILITY AND CERTIFICATION IN THE LEATHER VALUE CHAIN
This publication shows that the certifications available for the leather industry in Brazil include traceability as an important requirement within their scope, although it is not mandatory, and that even if the foreign market is showing more maturity in this sense, there are signs from local companies that this topic is gaining in importance. For such, the availability and transparency of information throughout the production chain needs to be extended.
Click here to access the document: https://www.beefontrack.org/public/media/arquivos/1629130355-2021-imaflora-info_brief_4-ingles.pdf
Repórter Brasil: BNDES finances beef companies that buy from deforested farms and use slave labour
Research by NGO Repórter Brasil shows that, despite the bank's internal by-laws forbidding the slaughter of animals in illegal areas, control is still lacking and contracts continue to be upheld
Workshop in Porto Velho helps to improve the control tools of the cattle chain
The event laid out the guidelines and procedures for the verification of the Term of Adjustment of Conduct (TAC) for Beef.
Cattle Suppliers Series Episode 3: Cattle Ranching in Protected Areas: how to tackle land regularisation?
The third episode talks about how to address this issue in protected areas and the governance needed to come up with solutions.