Meat giant JBS's $6bn global expansion faces landmark legal challenge

Michael Holder
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Credit: Tengbeh Kamara / Greenpeace
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Credit: Tengbeh Kamara / Greenpeace

Greenpeace has petitioned a Dutch court to force JBS to divulge details behind expansion plans, which the campaign group claims pose major threat to the climate, the environment, and human rights

Greenpeace has launched a landmark legal challenge against JBS aimed at compelling the world's largest meat company to divulge the details behind its $6bn global expansion plan, which the campaign groups...

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