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Tesco s new soy policy must go further to tackle deforestation, say campaigners | News

Tesco s new soy policy must go further to tackle deforestation, say campaigners | News
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Supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over deforestation

Supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over deforestation AFP 3 hrs ago AFP © CARL DE SOUZA In the 12 months to August 2020, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 9.5 percent, destroying an area larger than Jamaica, according to government data. Dozens of European food retailers on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a boycott of agricultural products should it pass a land reform bill which they argue would worsen deforestation. An open letter coordinated by Retail Soy Group and sent to Brazil s National Congress included the signatures of UK supermarkets Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco, German peers Aldi and Lidl as well as Co-op Switzerland. Retail Soy Group had already written to Brazilian politicians last year over similar land reform proposals that were subsequently withdrawn, amended and resubmitted.

Supermarkets issue new warning to Brazil over law threatening Amazon

Retailers including Tesco, Aldi, Marks & Spencer, Lidl and Sainsbury s are among major firms which have raised concerns over a new effort by Brazil to legalise the private occupation of public land.

​AP7, KLP join retailers in urging Brazil to throw out Amazon bill

By Rachel Fixsen2021-05-05T12:39:00+01:00 Sweden’s AP7 and Norway’s KLP pension fund have joined food retailers in a bid to persuade Brazilian legislators to reject a proposed law they say threatens the Amazon rainforest. In an open letter addressed to the deputies and senators of the National Congress of Brazil – initiated and coordinated by the Retail Soy Group – retailers including Lidl, Ahold Delhaize and Marks & Spencer object to the new legislative proposal PL 510/2021, which would give formal ownership to those illegally occupying land in the Amazon region. Kiran Aziz, senior analyst, responsible investments, at KLP, confirmed KLP had put its name to the letter, and said the Norwegian municipal pensions firm was “deeply concerned” about the draft legislation.

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