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Over 50 leading UK businesses, representing more than 60% of the UK’s demand for soy, have reaffirmed their support for the Amazon Soy Moratorium (ASM), a groundbreaking, voluntary agreement that has substantially helped to decouple soy production from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon since it was introduced in 2008.

The message was delivered by the UK Soy Manifesto, whose signatories include some of the country’s most recognisable food industry leaders including major UK supermarkets, large restaurant chains, food manufacturers and ingredients businesses. It comes at a critical moment, as the ASM faces mounting pressure from the agribusiness sector and new legislation that threatens to dismantle its protections.

New state-level legislation in Brazil - including the withdrawal of tax incentives for companies adhering to the ASM –is widely viewed as an attempt to weaken the effectiveness and international credibility of the Moratorium, which is...

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