The results of Radar Verde Cerrado 2026 highlight the need for structural advances in the socio-environmental policies of beef companies operating in the Cerrado biome, in accordance with the following recommendations:

1. Expand deforestation commitments in the Cerrado. Beef companies should adopt deforestation policies explicitly applicable to the Cerrado, not only to the Amazon. These policies should establish clear criteria for blocking purchases from farms associated with deforestation, environmental embargoes, overlap with protected areas, or other socio-environmental irregularities. They should also clearly define whether the company intends to exclude only illegal deforestation or also recent conversion of native vegetation, even when legally authorized. This distinction is decisive in the Cerrado because the Forest Code permits lower Legal Reserve requirements across much of the biome than in forest areas of the Legal Amazon (Brazil, 2012).
   
   
2. Monitor direct suppliers and indirect suppliers. Supply chain control limited to direct suppliers is insufficient to demonstrate that beef is free from deforestation. Beef companies should advance toward the gradual monitoring of indirect suppliers, using animal transit information, Rural Environmental Registry records, land tenure databases, deforestation data, and independent audits. The new MPF agenda for indirect suppliers in the Amazon demonstrates that this issue is already recognized as a priority for the cattle supply chain and should also guide progress in the Cerrado (MPF, 2026; Boi na Linha, 2026).
   
   
3. Ensure active transparency. Independent verification is a condition for the reliability of results. Expanding audit coverage and adopting joint protocols among companies are recommended to ensure standardized criteria and comparability across assessments. Beef companies should publicly disclose their socio-environmental policies, cattle purchasing data, and independent audit results, in addition to responding to questionnaires from initiatives such as Radar Verde, providing verifiable evidence of their commitments.
   
   
4. Adhere to verifiable protocols for the Cerrado. Initiatives such as the Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado provide a foundation for harmonizing criteria and reducing fragmentation of rules across companies. Adherence, however, must be accompanied by effective implementation, public disclosure of results, and independent audit. The commitment must be verifiable, comparable, and applicable to the actual sourcing areas of beef companies.
   
   
5. Engage buyers, financiers, and investors. Beef buyers, retail chains, banks, and investors can accelerate sector improvement by requiring evidence of supply chain control over direct suppliers and indirect suppliers in the Cerrado. Purchasing and financing criteria should consider not only the existence of policies, but also their demonstrated implementation. Companies that do not disclose data, do not respond to questionnaires, and do not present independent audits should be treated as companies with higher transparency risk.