We’re proud to join 80+ global companies across the food supply chain to support the continued existence of the Amazon Soy Moratorium.
Cranswick joins organisations such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda among 87 other major companies and investors who have written to Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, urging his government to stop further deforestation of the Amazon for soy production.
The preservation of the Amazon rainforest, a vital sink for carbon dioxide, is widely considered by scientists and activists to be a priority in responding to the climate crisis. However, the Brazilian soy farmers’ association Aprosoja has mounted a campaign to end a voluntary ban on trading crops harvested from newly cleared land. Read more here.