Radar Verde evaluates slaughterhouses located in the Cerrado (Table 2), analyzing their policies for controlling suppliers (both direct and indirect) and the transparency with which they adopt social and environmental commitments. Meatpacking companies are analyzed based on public data available on their websites and are invited, exclusively via email, to respond to the Supply Chain Control Level questionnaire, where they may submit data and evidence to help improve their scores. If no contact information is available, companies listed on the Radar Verde website may request participation via the official email address ([email protected]). Those that do not respond within the established deadline will be considered non-respondents. If necessary, clarifications may be requested via the email address indicated above.
TABLE 2. Universe of companies subject to Radar Verde’s assessment in the meat supply chain.
| SUPPLY CHAIN LINK | OBJECT OF ANALYSIS | INFORMATION SOURCES |
|---|---|---|
|
Meatpackers |
224 meatpackers, operating 259 slaughterhouses, located in the Cerrado region by February 2025. |
Data compiled by the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon) from federal inspection systems (SIFs)¹ and state inspection systems (SIEs)². According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), these companies accounted for approximately 95% of the logging in the Cerrado in 2024³. |
FIGURE 1. Distribution of active cattle slaughterhouses mapped in the Cerrado biome.
With this approach, Radar Verde ensures a comprehensive and transparent analysis of meatpacking plants’ performance in adopting practices to combat deforestation in the meat supply chain. The components of the questionnaire used for the analysis and the weightings assigned to the responses are provided in Appendix 1.
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA).
- Data from the registry in the Brazilian Inspection System for Animal Products (SISBI-POA) of state agricultural defense agencies.
- Quarterly Animal Slaughter Survey, Table 1092, available at https://sidra.ibge.gov.br/tabela/1092. Data provided directly by the state agricultural defense agencies of the Cerrado states were also used.
