VOLUNTARY MONITORING PROTOCOL FOR CATTLE SUPPLIERS IN THE CERRADO – Draft 1 for consultation – July, 2021
Building from the experience of Imaflora working with the 3 largest meatpackers and the 3 largest retailers in Brazil in the harmonization of the Amazon Protocol, Proforest and Imaflora have partnered together to develop a voluntary monitoring protocol for cattle suppliers in the Cerrado, with a similar objective of facilitating the implementation of best practices for monitoring direct cattle suppliers in the biome.
Click here to access the document: https://www.beefontrack.org/public/media/arquivos/1628706482-2021-imaflora-protocolo_de_monitoramento_cerrado-ingles_compressed.pdf
Cerrado gets its own protocol
Proforest and Imaflora post on the website of the Beef on Track Program a comparative analysis to build the Voluntary Protocol for Monitoring of Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado (PVMFGC)
Technical Report: Analysis of Leather Certification Systems and Recommendations
The aim of this report is to offer our final review and recommendations concerning Leather Certification Systems as proposed in the fourth stage of the Beef on Track Program – Leather Value Chain Action. Beef on Track, February 2021.
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