"Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’", 20 September 2022

...Earthsight named the companies as Bunge and Cargill and said they sourced soy produced on a farm located on ancestral land of the Kaiowá indigenous group.

The Kaiowá were forcibly evicted by landowners more than half a century ago but the group have continued to stake their claim to land they know as Takuara.

The land was subsequently deforested to make way for cattle and soy plantations...

The report said: “Our investigation demonstrates how Cargill’s irresponsible indigenous rights policy and Bunge’s questionable traceability of indirect suppliers, expose their supply chains to illegalities and violent conflict, despite their stated commitments on human rights.”

Cargill confirmed it bought soy from Brasília do Sul but said in a statement to the Guardian that because the farm did not officially belong to the Kaiowá “there was no illegality”.

Bunge refused to say whether it sourced soy from Brasília do Sul but said its commercial operations with suppliers were “legal” and “complied with Brazilian legislation and company procedures”.

Both companies have detailed labour, indigenous rights and sustainability policies. Together the firms account for 30.8% of Brazilian soy exports to the EU and UK...

Allegations that the soy produced there is tainted comes just six weeks after a joint investigation by Earthsight and the environmental group De Olho nos Ruralistas claimed European supermarkets and fast-food chains sold chicken and pet food produced with soy from Brasília do Sul...