OAKLAND, Calif. (September 13, 2016)—A new scorecard released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that beef purchasing practices of 13 global fast food, retail and food manufacturing companies leave tropical forests in South America at risk of being converted to pasture for cattle. The report, “Cattle, Cleared Forests, and Climate: Scoring Global Brands on Their Links to Deforestation-Risk Beef,” found that even the top-scoring companies—McDonald’s, Walmart and Mars—aren’t doing enough to ensure they are not purchasing beef linked to tropical deforestation. The clearing of tropical forests contributes about 10 percent of all global warming emissions.
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