In 2025, a total of 151 meatpackers were mapped, comprising 194 slaughterhouses located in the Legal Amazon as of 2024. The data were compiled by the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon), based on publicly available information from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and state agricultural defense agencies. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), these groups accounted for approximately 96% of all cattle slaughtered in the Amazon in 2024.

In the 2025 assessment, each company was evaluated on whether its policy prohibits both illegal and legal deforestation (as of 2023). The Radar Verde final score thus reflects the Deforestation-Free Commitment Index, which considers two key dimensions:

• Ambition of the commitment: whether the company bans only illegal deforestation (lower weight) or also legal deforestation from 2023 onward (higher weight).
• Supplier chain control (divided between direct and indirect farms): assessing whether the company has and demonstrably implements a deforestation-free cattle procurement policy.

Points within each evaluation criterion are distributed as follows:

• Social and environmental policy (20% weight): policy quality and scope of application, adjusted according to the ambition level (factor 1 or 0.8).
• Independent audits (80% weight): results and coverage of external audits, also adjusted by the ambition factor (1 or 0.8).

Scores are calculated separately for direct and indirect farms in the meatpacker’s supply chains and then combined with equal weight (50% each). Direct farms are those responsible for the final fattening stage before slaughter, supplying cattle directly to the slaughterhouses. Indirect farms are where calves are born and raised before reaching the fattening phase.

The final score represents the average of the company’s demonstrated control commitments over its suppliers. This revised approach rewards companies with stronger, more ambitious commitments and encourages greater transparency and oversight across the entire beef supply chain. For details on the scoring process, see the Radar Verde 2025 Methodology.

The evaluation of 151 meatpackers operating in the Amazon region in 2025 revealed the following Deforestation-Free Commitment Index results:

• 12% of companies showed a low level of commitment against deforestation;
• 88% showed a very low level of commitment.

This outcome reflects the fact that no company demonstrated satisfactory control over its indirect suppliers. While some companies publicly stated commitments covering indirect suppliers, none substantiated these claims through independent audits that verified effective policy implementation at that level of the supply chain.

The Radar Verde assessment also identified a few companies with a stronger level of control over their direct suppliers (the farms selling finished cattle ready for slaughter):

• 8% achieved high control (70–89 points, light green);
• 5% achieved intermediate control (50–69 points, yellow);
• 3% achieved low control (30–49 points, orange);
• 84% showed very low control (0–29 points, red).