The ranking assesses 60 global animal protein companies on the basis of 10 risk indicators — which include greenhouse gas emissions, water use, deforestation and animal welfare — and it is used by large investors worldwide to underpin decisions based on sustainability criteria. 

 

The 2021 edition shows that within one year, Marfrig’s overall score in the ranking has advanced by eight percentage points.  

 

“Marfrig’s position in the FAIRR ranking shows that our efforts have been effective and that they produce results for all our stakeholders,” says Paulo Pianez, Marfrig’s Director for Sustainability and Corporate Communication. “But we understand that we are on a constant growth path, the objective of which is to unite sustainable production with the development of livestock-farming. Our task on a daily basis is continually to advance." 

 

Marfrig’s outstanding position in the FAIRR ranking results from the consistency of its ESG policies and practices, above all on the environmental front. The main initiative in this field is its Marfrig Verde+ Plan, launched in 2020 in order to establish a production chain that is 100% traceable and deforestation-free. In just over one year, Marfrig Verde+ attained such results as the mapping of its direct and indirect suppliers — 60% in the Amazon region, and 47% in the Cerrado — and the company has reintegrated more than 1,000 farmers who, thanks to technical support, were able to adapt to the socio-environmental criteria brought in by the company.

There have been important advances also in the targets of reducing methane emissions, methane being the main greenhouse gas emitted by cattle-farming owing to the animals’ enteric fermentation. Marfrig is the only company in the industry to have included this item within scope 3, and to have submitted its reduction targets to Science Based Targets. The goal is to slash scope 3 emissions - including methane - by 33% before 2035, as calculated on the basis of 2019.