JBS renews presence on the B3 Carbon Efficient Index (ICO2)

JBS, global leader in protein-based food production, has once again been chosen to be part of the B3 Carbon Efficient Index (ICO2) portfolio. This is yet further recognition of the Company’s efforts and sustainable practices, since the publicly-quoted companies that make up the index are those committed to best greenhouse gas emission management practices. 

In this respect, in 2021 JBS announced the commitment to become Net Zero by 2040, in other words, to zero the net balance of its greenhouse gas emissions. The Company’s initiative applies to its entire value chain, reducing its  direct and indirect emissions, while offsetting all residual emissions. JBS was the first major global company in its sector to set this target. 

At COP26, held last November in Glasgow, Scotland, the Company, along with ten of the world’s largest global food commercialization and processing companies, issued a joint declaration to commitment to develop a roadmap for the sector to contain global warming at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by COP27, in Egypt. This declaration was articulated by the governments of the USA and the United Kingdom, with the support of the Tropical Forest Alliance, linked to the World Economic Forum, and to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. 

“Being part of the Carbon Efficient Index of B3 acknowledges our ESG agenda, especially given our Net Zero 2040 commitment. We are committed to  the low-carbon economy”, points out Márcio Nappo, Sustainability Officer of JBS. 

Reduction of methane emissions  

JBS has been striving for solutions to reduce methane gas emissions throughout the  livestock farming chain. During COP26, the Company announced a partnership with Royal DSM to use Bovaer® in the beef cattle production chain. This nutritional supplement has the potential for a 90% reduction in enteral methane gas emissions, and Brazil was the first market to grant regulatory approval to use it. 

In the same vein, the company has entered into a partnership with the Animal Husbandry Institute of the Department of Agriculture and Supply of the state of São Paulo to participate in a study that aims to identify potential feed additives that enhance the efficiency of the use of nutrients in the animals’ diet. Both actions are part of the plan of JBS to reduce, on a global scale, the emissions of bovine enteric methane through the diet of cattle. 

 Monitoring the production chain 

The year 2021 also saw the Transparent Livestock Farming Platform come on stream. This tool, which employs blockchain technology, makes it possible to extend to the suppliers of the cattle suppliers of JBS its well-established socioenvironmental monitoring system . The first 15 Green Offices were also set up at the Company’s processing units scattered across Brazil. JBS aims to use these to support the environmental regularization of producers through an inclusive approach, contributing to reducing the carbon footprint of Brazilian livestock farming. 

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