Analysis: National Critical Minerals Policy does not guarantee a transition without sacrifice zones
New law establishes socio-environmental criteria for project selection, but fails to reassure communities and social movements in the territories where the minerals are found.
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Major tin producer accused of illegal mining in the Amazon supplied the US military industry
Tin producer White Solder, accused of being part of a criminal scheme in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, supplied companies with contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense; Brazilian mining company declared purchases of raw material from areas with no evidence of mining activity
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Global tin producer bought cassiterite from Amazon areas suspected of illegal mining activity
Areas identified as the source of 2,300 tons of cassiterita purchased by tin producer White Solder show no signs of mining activity, according to analysis conducted by Greenpeace and Repórter Brasil; the company is accused of being part of a criminal organization in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory
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Amid ‘Super El Niño’, Brazilian state bank maintains rural credit for farm after fire-related deforestation fine
Loan from Banco do Nordeste remains active after a financed farm had an area embargoed for deforestation involving fire; Banco da Amazônia maintained financing for properties where Brazil’s Institute for the Environment identified failures in fire prevention
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Banks cut agricultural subsidies over deforestation and slave labor cases
Following a request from Repórter Brasil, Brazil’s Central Bank began compiling and disclosing data on rural credit operations that were reassessed after the identification of practices such as illegal deforestation and slave labor
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Farm linked to slave labor holds sustainability certification and ties to luxury brands
Oscar Luiz Cervi, cited over slave labor at a cotton farm, sells his output to Bunge; the US multinational owns Viterra, a cotton exporter that supplies manufacturers producing for brands including Gap, Lacoste and Levi’s
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Millionaire donor to Bolsonaro’s 2022 campaign is fined for slave labor on cotton farm
Labor inspectors rescued 35 people working in cotton fields on a farm owned by Oscar Luiz Cervi in Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso state; Cervi supplies multinational agribusiness company Bunge and was one of Jair Bolsonaro’s largest campaign donors in 2022
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BP investors decline to comment on deforestation allegations involving the company’s ethanol operation in Brazil
According to complaints submitted to Brazil prosecutors, the installation of a water pipeline intended to irrigate sugarcane plantations and supply water to BP’s ethanol plant allegedly altered the natural flow of local waterways, destroyed springs, and affected fish breeding areas in the Tocantins River
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BP sugar mill in Brazil could lose certification if environmental damage is proven
Brazilian energy agency says BP Bioenergy’s ethanol plant in the Tocantins state could lose the right to sell Decarburization Credits (CBIOs), depending on whether allegations linking the operation to damage to the Tocantins River and deforestation substantiated and on verification of the exact location of the reported incidents
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Brazil prosecutors examine whether BP’s ethanol plant caused environmental damage in the state of Tocantins
According to allegations, construction works carried out by the ethanol plant of a subsidiary of the British multinational may have caused deforestation, the destruction of springs, and impacts on fish breeding areas; BP investors declined to comment on the case
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