British food industry commits to cut soybean purchases from deforested areas

Published Nov 10, 2021

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The UK Soy Manifesto, signed by 27 companies, retails, food service firms, and livestock producers, aims to eliminate soy linked to deforestation and environmental damage by 2025. These companies, representing nearly 2 million tonnes of soy purchases annually and over half of the UK's total consumption, promise to stop purchasing soy associated with post-January 2020 deforestation. They will also demand the same from their suppliers and include manifesto commitments in contracts. The manifesto seeks to mitigate the environmental impact of soy, which is linked to deforestation in biodiverse regions, and calls for global markets to fund and support sustainable production.

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UK food industry leaders signed on Tuesday (9/11) the "UK Soy Manifesto", in which they pledge to cut the proceeds of deforestation and environmental destruction from supply chains as quickly as possible. possible, by 2025 at the latest. Signatories include 27 brands, retailers, food service companies and livestock producers operating in the UK, representing nearly 2 million tonnes of soy purchases each year and more than half (almost 60%) of total UK consumption. United. British food industry announces commitment against soy from deforestation areas (Photo: Ernesto de Souza/Ed. Globo) As per the companies' communiqué, the signatories agree to make a strong commitment to deforestation and conversion free – so that no soy arriving in the UK is responsible for environmental deforestation for agriculture after January 2020; ask direct suppliers to make the same commitment – and demand that their suppliers do too; writing Manifesto commitments into contracts and supporting suppliers ...

Source: Agroinforme