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Clothing giants H&M and Zara have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to an Horita Group and SLC’s business have long wreaked havoc on the Cerrado and its communities, Earthsight shows. Since 2008, SLC has received more than $250,000 in fines from IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental protection agency, for environmental crimes in Bahia, while Norway’s pension fund stopped funding the company over its negative environmental record.
“They always need to expand in the area, even if they are improving densification, mechanization and productivity,” said Pitta. “And when we are talking about new areas, we are talking about deforestation, displacement of small communities, peasants, Afro-descendants, Indigenous communities, using violence for creation of a new farms to produce commodities.
Abrapa said it trusts the independence of third-party audits and clarified that it does not directly approve or disqualify farms from the BC program, while welcoming BC’s initiative to enhance audit diligence.Mongabay approached H&M and Inditex, Zara’s holding company, about the report findings. “It’s clear from these companies’ responses that they have very little visibility over their cotton supply chains,” Carvalho said. “They are relying on assurances provided by some of their suppliers that there is no problem.”