Coffee Deforestation in Brazil

Coffee Watch and AidEnvironment, release the first of a series of company deforestation risk profiles. These will form the basis of a new deforestation regulation Compliance Checker. It links incidents of deforestation, forest conversion, and human rights abuses to companies that import forest risk commodities into the EU such as coffee. The first company profile examines JDE Peet’s, one of the world’s largest coffee companies. The profile identifies six coffee farms in Brazil from which JDE Peet’s appears to be sourcing coffee. These farms are linked to what satellite mapping shows to be forest clearing. Crucially, the forest in question was cleared after the EUDR cut-off date of 31 December 2020. There is a high risk that sourcing from these farms could result in non-compliance with the EUDR due to the detected deforestation.