{"id":83400,"date":"2026-05-14T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=83400"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:22:15","slug":"how-jbs-the-worlds-largest-meat-company-is-gearing-up-to-plunder-nigerians-land-for-corporate-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/83400\/how-jbs-the-worlds-largest-meat-company-is-gearing-up-to-plunder-nigerians-land-for-corporate-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"How JBS, the world\u2019s largest meat company, is gearing up to plunder Nigerians\u2019 land for corporate profit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

22 May<\/strong> – update: <\/strong>The 21-day deadline has passed. Just moments before the cutoff, JBS sent a letter to Greenpeace Netherlands\u2019 lawyers denying responsibility, refusing transparency, and completely dismissing anyone who dares to challenge them, ignoring the thousands of people who told them to release the files, as well as the very people in Nigeria and beyond who will be left with the real cost of this planned expansion. Instead of being transparent, the billionaires running JBS are trying to bully their plans through and hide the truth about their destructive expansion plans. This is their usual playbook. They have left no option but to petition the Dutch courts to force JBS to release the files.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

My name is Elizabeth, a Pan-African food campaigner with Greenpeace Africa working to defend food sovereignty, ecological justice and community rights across the continent. A few months ago, Greenpeace Africa called out JBS<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest meat company, which hassigned a $2.5 billion deal<\/a> to import its dangerous business model to Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n

That\u2019s why last week I was in Amsterdam, where I watched as Greenpeace Netherlands and dozens of activists took over  the JBS\u2019 first shareholder meeting<\/a> since it became a Dutch company in 2025. The purpose? Deliver a Disclosure Letter, a first step toward legal action<\/a> that could stop JBS\u2019 aggressive expansion plans in their tracks.<\/p>\n\n

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Greenpeace Netherlands activists have disrupted the first-ever shareholder meeting of meat giant JBS in the Netherlands. At the Sheraton Hotel at Schiphol Airport, where the meeting took place, activists hung a banner dripping with fake blood that read: \u2018JBS: Keep your bloody business out of Africa\u2019. A massive banner with the same message was displayed in the hotel lobby. Activists entered the meeting hall, where Greenpeace Director Marieke Vellekoop personally served an information request to the JBS CEOs. This document formally signals that Greenpeace Netherlands is taking legal action against the company. The goal of the legal battle is to block JBS’s destructive expansion plans in Nigeria.
\u00a9 Marten van Dijl \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The letter demands that JBS make public plans, impact assessments and consultations about its Nigeria expansion – and seeing JBS executives fleeing their own meeting made clear how desperate they are to avoid scrutiny. But they can\u2019t escape our message: Keep JBS\u2019 bloody business out of Africa. <\/p>\n\n

Outside the meeting, my colleague Ferdinand recorded a powerful message for JBS execs. They legged it before he could deliver it in person, but I hope you can take the time to watch it and share it on your own channels. Support from people like you is vital to keeping the pressure on as we move forward with our allies.<\/p>\n\n

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