As a global organisation, which has based its entire strategy on the best sustainability practices so that our actions generate positive impacts, JBS was pleased to publish the tenth edition of its annual comprehensive sustainability report.

The report, accessible here, sets out how the Company conducts business and carries out its mission of ensuring the best products and services for customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity for a better future for all of our team members.

JBS was proud to be the first global meat and poultry company to set a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 goal, the most ambitious commitment of its kind in the sector. JBS’s additional global sustainability targets include:

• Reduce scope 1+2 GHG emission intensity by 30 percent by 2030
• Reach 60 percent renewable electricity by 2030
• Reduce water use intensity by 15 percent by 2030
• Invest $1 billion in emission reduction projects in company facilities over the next decade
• Invest $100 million by 2030 in R&D projects to assist producer efforts to strengthen and scale regenerative farming practices
• Develop a globally aligned animal welfare scorecard and set 2030 targets
• Tie senior executive compensation considerations to performance against environmental goals, and align interim targets to SBTi criteria
• Eliminate illegal deforestation from Brazilian cattle supply chain – including suppliers of suppliers – in the Amazon and other Brazilian biomes by 2025 and advance traceability to assure deforestation-free supply chains

Welcoming the publication of the report, Gilberto Tomazoni, CEO, said: “Our aspiration at JBS is to feed the world and people with the best there is and in an increasingly sustainable manner. This is what drives us on to overcome challenges and make a difference in the world. In 2020, facing unprecedented challenges we put people and the planet first.”

Noting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tomazoni later said: “We weathered a year like 2020 thanks to our people, our culture and our capacity to innovate. These have allowed JBS to operate in an excellent manner, growing, responding to new standards of consumption, setting ourselves apart and presenting consistent results year after year for our team members, clients, consumers, shareholders, investors and the community. Because we firmly believe that a company will only truly prosper when the community where it is located prospers.”