The EU-Brazil Beef and Leather Value Chain Dialogues aimed to bring together key stakeholders from the European Union and Brazil (importers, retailers, meat packers, tanneries, exporters, farmers, researchers, relevant associations and civil society organisations, etc.) to discuss the sustainability of the beef and leather value chains in Brazil. The initiative has been promoted by the European Union through the AL-INVEST Verde programme, in collaboration with the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM).The overall objective of this initiative was to contribute to the identification and promotion of collective practices and partnerships among key stakeholders that contribute to the sustainability of the beef and leather value chain, a sector of great importance for climate change and environmental policies.
After a virtual opening roundtable discussion on the main topics linked to the EU-Brazil value chain in the beef and leather sector, held in December 2021, the initiative moved on through three virtual technical dialogues. The first was held on 9 March on the role of due diligence in regularising the beef and leather value chain. The second, on 20 April, was on the lack of access to technology and how this impacts sustainability in the beef and leather chains. The third dialogue, on 18 May, examined how traceability can be used to better understand the chains, contributing to their management and identifying opportunities to improve them.
