Indigenous leaders from Brazil and Greenpeace Germany activists peacefully demonstrate at the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainability Committee Meeting in Berlin against some of the world’s biggest brands, including Nestle, Unilever and Mondelēz, to demand they end their role in forest destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.
In front of the venue, activists from Germany placed a tree trunk with the words “Stop Killing Forests”.

In 2010, the CGF and its members promised to end deforestation by 2020 through “responsible sourcing” of commodities such as cattle and soya, key drivers of forest destruction in Brazil. So far, measures taken by the companies indicate that they will fail to keep this promise.

A key concern is the serious increase in violence against Brazilian Indigenous Peoples and the destruction of their lands since President Bolsonaro took office in January.