This report examines the Cerrado das Águas initiative's efforts to build water resilience in Brazil’s coffee region. It details how the Regenerative Catalysts Programme strengthened financial structures and transition risk management, helping farmers adopt regenerative practices and shift from individual risk management to collective territorial stewardship.

This research identifies a critical global warming threshold for the Amazon forest between 3.7 and 4.0°C. However, combining warming of 1.5–1.9°C with 22–28% deforestation triggers a near system-wide transition. The study emphasises the necessity of limiting warming to 1.5°C and halting deforestation to prevent ecological collapse.

EBP is an independent consultancy and engineering firm that provides sustainable solutions for transportation, energy, and development projects. The organization focuses on advancing effective strategies through state-of-the-art data analytics and technical expertise.

The Country Profile Factsheets series, published by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), provides country-level analysis of mining sectors, mineral resources, critical minerals policies, investment conditions, governance and sustainability considerations. It supports comparative research into responsible mining, mineral supply chains and sector-related risks.

This report analyses Brazil's mineral policy under the Bolsonaro administration from 2019 to 2022. It details how deregulation, lobbying, and legislative changes facilitated industrial and illegal mining, leading to environmental degradation and human rights violations. It provides a timeline of events and suggests measures for policy reform.

Natura is a global personal care and cosmetics company committed to innovation, sustainability, and transparency. The organization focuses on creating positive social and environmental impact alongside financial value creation for its stakeholders.

This research examines Brazil's vehicle tax exemptions, finding that lower age thresholds increase fleet age, pollution and infant health risks. It identifies a 'political environmental trap', where raising exemption ages leads to significant electoral penalties for incumbents, despite the policies resulting in a net welfare loss.

A UK-based international NGO that uses investigations, documentary film, and advocacy to protect the natural world and defend the human right to a secure environment, with active campaigns covering oceans, climate, forests and wetlands, plastics, and environmental defenders across 16 country offices worldwide.

An interactive tracker by The Good Food Institute mapping global regulatory approvals and market pathways for cultivated meat products.

This report examines illicit financial flows linked to deforestation in Brazil and Cameroon, estimating trade mispricing losses at US$289 million per year in Cameroon and US$214 million in Brazil. It finds that financial and land ownership secrecy enables illicit deforestation and recommends public beneficial ownership registries and supply chain transparency measures.

This World Animal Protection report examines the climate and environmental impacts of factory farming in Brazil, China, the USA and the Netherlands. It models scenarios for reduced meat consumption and higher welfare production, finding that eating less and better could halve the climate impacts of chicken and pork by 2040.

This report examines how decarbonising the global steel industry requires separating ironmaking from steelmaking. By leveraging international trade, countries can co-locate energy-intensive processes in resource-rich regions like Brazil, Australia, and India. This strategic approach reduces production costs and helps lower the green premium for clean steel.

This report analyses the impact of extreme temperatures on respiratory mortality across 646 Brazilian municipalities from 2010 to 2020. Findings reveal a J-shaped exposure-response curve, with heat-related deaths dominating in tropical northern regions, whilst cold-related mortality predominates in the subtropical south, underscoring the need for region-specific climate adaptation policies.

This report analyses regional disparities in Brazilian smallholders' access to the PRONAF credit programme. Expanding technical assistance and co-operative membership are critical complementary policies to improve financial inclusion and climate resilience.

GlobeScan is a global insights and advisory consultancy specialising in sustainability, trust and stakeholder engagement. It delivers evidence-based research, public opinion data and strategic advice to businesses, NGOs and governments, helping organisations understand societal expectations, manage risk, and develop sustainable strategies that create long-term value and strengthen reputation.

This report assesses how financial regulation in Indonesia, Brazil, China, the EU and the US aligns with Global Biodiversity Framework targets, finding biodiversity integration generally weak and recommending stronger disclosure, due diligence, taxonomies, sanctions and sector-specific rules to redirect finance away from forest-risk activities.