"Casino Case: The Connections between the Casino’s Group meet supply, deforestation and violations of the rights of the peoples inhabiting the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon" May 2022

...This document contains a summary of the investigation into unauthorized deforestation associated with the Casino Group's supply chain in regions of the Brazilian Amazon, with a particular focus on the impacts suffered by the indigenous peoples inhabiting the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land, identified as one of the affected protected areas...

Cattle production in the Amazon region has been extensively denounced for the serious environmental and human rights risks associated with the illegal intrusion of public lands, forest loss and threats to the livelihoods of traditional communities and indigenous peoples living in the region.

The situation investigated on indigenous land Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau not only illustrates the seriousness of these risks, but also demonstrates the inadequacy of whatever systems are adopted by companies trading in cattle from the region, including subsidiaries of the Casino Group...

...[T]he only beneficiaries are private actors who profit from the illegal extraction of resources. The amount of material damage should also be increased by the damage resulting from the severe impacts on the social organization, culture and health of the affected indigenous peoples...

With regard to the participation of the Casino Group, the possibility that ranches on indigenous land are part of the its supermarkets supply chain, in addition to the more than 50,000 hectares of deforestation along the supply area, involves serious failures in the company's duty to correctly monitor the origin of the beef sold.

Besides the violation of the company's duty to prevent and repair environmental damage and human rights (established in the French law of due diligence in this case), the polluter pays principle established by Brazilian law also stands out, which holds all those who benefit directly or indirectly from environmental damage responsible for it, regardless of guilt...