World Animal Protection US’ Statement on JBS NYSE Listing

By approving JBS, the world’s largest meat processor, to list on the New York Stock Exchange, the SEC has just granted incredible license to one of the worst corporate citizens in the world. JBS has an egregious record of corruption, cruelty, tax avoidance, and climate greenwashing. Sadly, allowing JBS to access the US capital markets will only enable the company to expand its reach, raise new equity and grow its model of animal suffering World Animal Protection and dozens of other organizations delayed the SEC’s decision for nearly two years by exposing material gaps in the information the company provided to investors and forcing JBS to continually disclose the risks in its supply chain, including deforestation in biodiversity hotspots, animal suffering, and zoonotic disease. We will not stop fighting the expansion of factory farming companies like JBS, which are among the greatest threats to animals and the planet today.