Soy moratorium working group – Grupo de trabalho sobre moratória da soja (GTS)

Brazil

Tool Type

Improvements

Risk Type

Climate change | Environmental

Feed Ingredients

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Algae

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Animal proteins (LAP/PAP)

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Aquaculture trimmings

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Cereals

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Insects

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Oil palm

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Single-cell proteins (SCP)

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Soy

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Vitamins & minerals

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Wild capture fisheries

What is it?

The GTS is coordinated by Greenpeace and the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). It includes representatives of the main soy trading companies, associated with Abiove and the National Association of Cereal Exporters (ANEC) and representatives of civil society organizations.

The working group is responsible for overseeing the Amazon Soy Moratorium. It also includes representatives from the main soy traders and NGOs including WWF Brazil, The Nature Conservancy, Imaflora, Amazon Environmental Research Institute (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia; IPAM), and the Earth Innovation Institut.