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Links to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector s risk for buyers
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End of deforestation tracker for Brazil s Cerrado an incalculable loss
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Debt deal with deforester BrasilAgro puts UBS s green commitment in question
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by Caio de Freitas Paes/Agência Pública
Reporting by Agência Pública has revealed how investors including U.S. pension funds and an Argentine agribusiness giant may be linked to illegal land deals and deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region.
The investors hold large stakes in BrasilAgro, a company that specializes in buying up land and selling it to agribusiness operators.
Under Brazilian legislation that restricts land sales to foreign entities, the acquisitions by the largely foreign-controlled BrasilAgro have come under suspicion, with an investigation launched in 2016.
While the probe is still ongoing, it has identified what experts say is a common practice of using shell companies and other legal subterfuges to skirt the restrictions.
Commodity trading: the shadowy industry destroying the planet
Commodity traders wreak havoc on global markets and profit from ecological and social devastation. Can they be stopped?
(AFP/Romeo Gacad)
29 July 2021
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Commodity traders wreak havoc on global markets and profit from ecological and social devastation. Can they be stopped?
(AFP/Romeo Gacad)
Commodity trading firms are among the most important corporations in global capitalism, yet most people have never heard of them.
As intermediaries between suppliers and buyers of primary and secondary commodities, these shadowy entities are key players in vital international markets, from aluminium and crude oil to soybean meal and zinc. They use their transportation, processing and storage capabilities to capitalise on disruptions in global supply chains, and they trade on derivatives markets to both hedge against, and speculate on, price fluctuations.