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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 19h

Whether the Lula administration and industry leaders are willing to do so should be a critical question ahead of #COP30 🌎

All supply chains must be sustainable — or none will be. Read the full report here: cri.org/reports/befo... @reporterbrasil.org.br #Brazil #Deforestation #Amazon

Before It’s Too Late

How Brazil Can Curb Cattle-Driven Deforestation and Abuses—and How Global Brands Should Help

cri.org

Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 19h

What could make a real difference is a national traceability and monitoring mechanism—something the #Brazilian govt could implement relatively quickly with data tools it already has.

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 19h

What could make a real difference is a national traceability and monitoring mechanism — something the #Brazilian govt could implement relatively quickly with data tools it already has. @reporterbrasil.org.br #Brazil #Deforestation

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 19h

The report explains why efforts by beef & leather companies to clean up their supply chains have been inadequate, & why their promises to do better remain unconvincing. @reporterbrasil.org.br #Deforestation #HumanRights #IndigenousRights #ForcedLabor #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 19h

OUT NOW: How #Brazil Can Curb Cattle-Driven #Deforestation and Forced Labor

Our new report shows how leather supply chains of global fashion & footwear brands are linked to forced labor & Indigenous land invasions in Brazil—& how these abuses are fueling the destruction of the #Amazon rainforest

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 4d

O governo Lula e os líderes do setor enfrentam uma escolha: usar essas ferramentas para tornar as cadeias de fornecimento transparentes e sustentáveis — ou permitir que práticas ilegais continuem empurrando o país rumo a um colapso ecológico. 📖 Leia agora: cri.org/reports/ante...

Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 4d

O Brasil já desenvolveu poderosas ferramentas de dados que — se devidamente integradas — poderiam contribuir muito para eliminar o desmatamento e o trabalho forçado de sua cadeia da pecuária.

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 4d

Mesmo assim, curtumes brasileiros com fornecedores implicados em desmatamento e abusos trabalhistas exportam couro para fabricantes que integram as cadeias de fornecimento de grandes marcas globais de moda e calçados.

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 4d

Essa falta de monitoramento abrangente significa que o couro e a carne bovina do Brasil — com limitadas exceções — não podem ser considerados livres de desmatamento ilegal ou violações de direitos.

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 4d

Esses fazendeiros conseguem lucrar com essas práticas principalmente porque grandes frigoríficos e curtumes falham em monitorar dezenas de milhares de seus fornecedores indiretos.

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 4d

Nosso novo relatório, lançado hoje, mostra como fazendeiros que utilizam trabalho forçado e invadem terras indígenas estão impulsionando a destruição das florestas do Brasil. cri.org/reports/ante...

Antes que seja tarde

Contendo o desmatamento e as violações de direitos humanos impulsionados pela pecuária no Brasil

cri.org

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

The Lula administration and industry leaders face a choice: use these tools to make supply chains transparent and sustainable, or allow illegal practices to keep pushing the country toward ecological disaster. 📖 Read now! cri.org/reports/befo...

Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

#Brazil has developed powerful data tools that—if properly integrated—could go a long way toward ridding its cattle sector of deforestation and the forced labor that enables it. #Transparency #DataForGood #ClimateSolutions

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

Yet Brazilian tanneries with suppliers implicated in #deforestation and labor abuses export leather to manufacturers within the supply chains of major fashion and footwear brands around the globe. #FashionIndustry #EthicalFashion #LeatherSupplyChain #CorporateResponsibility #SustainableFashion

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

This lack of comprehensive monitoring means that Brazilian leather and beef—with limited exceptions—cannot be reliably considered free of illegal #deforestation or rights abuses #Brazil #EthicalSourcing #SustainableSupplyChains #ConsumerAwareness #ClimateAction

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

Ranchers are able to profit off these practices largely because major meatpackers and tanneries are failing to monitor tens of thousands of their indirect suppliers #Brazil #BeefIndustry #LeatherIndustry #CorporateAccountability #SupplyChains #HumanRights

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

Our new report out today shows how cattle ranchers using forced labor and invading indigenous lands are fueling the destruction of #Brazil’s forests. cri.org/reports/befo... ⬇️
#Deforestation #HumanRights #IndigenousRights #ForcedLabor #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis

Before It’s Too Late

How Brazil Can Curb Cattle-Driven Deforestation and Abuses—and How Global Brands Should Help

cri.org

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

The Lula administration and industry leaders face a choice: use these tools to make supply chains transparent and sustainable, or allow illegal practices to keep pushing the country toward ecological disaster. 📖 Read now! cri.org/reports/befo...

Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

#Brazil has developed powerful data tools that—if properly integrated—could go a long way toward ridding its cattle sector of deforestation and the forced labor that enables it. #Transparency #DataForGood #ClimateSolutions

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

Yet Brazilian tanneries with suppliers implicated in deforestation and labor abuses export leather to manufacturers within the supply chains of major fashion and footwear brands around the globe. #FashionIndustry #EthicalFashion #LeatherSupplyChain #CorporateResponsibility #SustainableFashion

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

This lack of comprehensive monitoring means that Brazilian leather and beef—with limited exceptions—cannot be reliably considered free of illegal #deforestation or rights abuses #EthicalSourcing #SustainableSupplyChains #ConsumerAwareness #ClimateAction

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 5d

Ranchers are able to profit off these practices largely because major meatpackers and tanneries are failing to monitor tens of thousands of their indirect suppliers #Brazil #BeefIndustry #LeatherIndustry #CorporateAccountability #SupplyChains #HumanRights

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 18d

Yesterday's #ClimateWeekNYC event on Cattle-Driven Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses in Brazil. Thank you to all our incredible speakers and attendees for such a rich and important conversation.

Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 19d

A snapshot from our Justice in Motion event at #ClimateWeekNYC. Thank you to our incredible speakers, attendees, and co-organizers
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social & Sirge Coalition

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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 20d

Yesterday’s #climateweeknyc event — A Climate Breakthrough in Mexico — was a huge success. Thank you to all our speakers and attendees!

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