Elisângela Mendonça

Aug 13, 2024 | corporateknights.com | Polly Bindman |Elisângela Mendonça

Funds marketed as environmentally friendly are being used by major asset managers to funnel millions of dollars to the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, a company notorious for its links to deforestation and human rights abuses via its supply chain. Research by Global Witness found that US asset managers BlackRock and Vanguard are among six firms holding over $11 million in active bonds issued by JBS and its subsidiaries via funds with "environmental, social and governance" (ESG) in their name.

Apr 22, 2024 | futuremedianews.com.na | Andrew Wasley |Aramis Castro |Elisângela Mendonça

By Andrew Wasley, Aramís Castro, Elisângela MendonçaIn the last few years it is likely that PepsiCo has been using in its production palm oil from deforested land claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in eastern Peru, a new investigation has found. Palm oil from Peru enters PepsiCo’s supply chain via a consortium that shares storage facilities with Ocho Sur, the second largest palm oil producer in the country which has been associated with deforestation and violation of Indigenous peoples’ rights.

Apr 18, 2024 | farmlandgrab.org | Elisângela Mendonça |Aramis Castro |Andrew Wasley

TBIJ | 18 April 2024Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous landBy Elisângela Mendonça , Aramís Castro , Andrew WasleyThe US food and drink giant PepsiCo has been linked through its supply chain to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), Mongabay and Peruvian outlet Ojo Público can reveal.

Jun 5, 2023 | taipeitimes.com | Andrew Wasley |Elisângela Mendonça |Youssr Youssef

A recent investigation revealed systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil By Andrew Wasley, Elisangela Mendonca, Youssr Youssef and Robe / The Guardian More than 800 million trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world’s appetite for Brazilian beef, according to a new investigation, despite dire warnings about the forest’s importance in fighting the climate crisis.

Jun 5, 2023 | taipeitimes.com | Andrew Wasley |Elisângela Mendonça