Reports: Brazil feels heat over Amazon fires as corporate fallout intensifies

Madeleine Cuff
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Asset managers, fish farmers, and fashion companies all step back from Brazilian activities in response to fears that global supply chains are contributing to surge in deforestation

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro may have promised further action to get the fires in the Amazon under control, but as the international outcry continues a growing number of corporates are shedding Brazilian...

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