JBS
HEADQUARTERS: São Paulo, Brazil • FOUNDED: 1953
JBS S.A. is a Brazilian multinational meat processing company and the largest producer of beef, pork, and chicken in the world. It has been repeatedly audited and sued for sourcing cattle raised on illegally cleared lands in the Amazon rainforest, accelerating global climate change.
Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits
Investigative journalists exposed 'cattle laundering' schemes where livestock raised on illegally deforested rainforest land were transferred to legal ranches before shipping to JBS meat plants.
New York Attorney General filed a major civil lawsuit against JBS USA for misleading consumers and 'greenwashing' its advertising with false claims of achieving 'Net Zero' greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
Live Sensor Logging Watch
Global Forest Watch satellite imagery flagged 257 hectares of unpermitted canopy clearing near JBS contract supply boundary in Canada.
USA consumer protection agency threatened to halt commercial shipments due to failure to produce verified deforestation-free certificates.
Added 553 hectares of verified, satellite-tracked canopy degradation to JBS's profile index.
Civil society groups initiated on-the-ground investigations into slash-and-burn practices by certified palm oil and agricultural suppliers.