Grains foods corporation , the largest privately held US company , has said that it expects to fail to achieve the goal of eliminating deforestation by 2020 , along with the rest of the food industry . Cargill ’s admission on 13 march followed the revelation that deforestation in the tropical rainforest in Brazil , a key source of soyabeans for the company , increased in May to its fastest rate in a decade . In 2018 , leading consumer brands committed to a zero net deforestation goal by 2020 through the Consumer sustainability Forum .
Grains trader Cargill, the largest privately held US company, has said that it expects to fail to achieve the goal of eliminating deforestation by 2020, along with the rest of the food industry. Cargill’s admission on 13 June followed the revelation that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, a key source of soyabeans for the company, increased in May to its fastest rate in a decade. In 2010, leading consumer brands committed to a zero net deforestation goal by 2020 through the Consumer Goods Forum.