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The way we produce and process food is driving the destruction of nature. The complex food systems we have created are responsible for around a third of all global greenhouse gas emissions and drive deforestation in precious landscapes, threatening Indigenous communities and endangering wildlife.

Few of us stop to think about where the ingredients come from for the foods we enjoy, or how they are grown. Mighty Earth works across several commodities such as palm oil, cocoa, cashews, rubber, meat and soy.

We track deforestation and investigate supply chains to create and sustain pressure on the big agricultural companies with proven links to the destruction of Nature.

Our investigations have revealed that these companies and commodity traders still don’t have control of their supply chains, allowing deforestation to seep in through direct and indirect suppliers.

Our campaigns also target global retailers at the end of the supply chain, to cut ties with suppliers involved in deforestation and land grabbing, to ensure the products on supermarket shelves are not linked to deforestation.

NONE OF US WANTS TO DINE ON DEFORESTATION

  • UP TO 37%

    of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food systems

  • MORE THAN HALF

    of the world’s habitable land is used for farming

  • 800 MILLION

    Amazon trees have been cut down since 2017 to rear cattle for beef

  • 100 BILLION

    animals every year are slaughtered to produce meat

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Cocoa

Palm Oil

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Rubber

Timber, Pulp, & Paper

Cashews

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JBS: One of the World's Worst Forest Destroyers

The world’s largest meat company, JBS, is linked to driving the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and other ecosystems, and continues to underreport its supersized climate emissions. JBS’s plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange could be one of the biggest climate risk IPOs in history.

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UP TO 40% OF COCOA IS STILL UNTRACEABLE

Mighty Earth tracks and monitors deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana in real time with our Cocoa Accountability maps.

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