# Unlocking private sector potential for responsible beef and soy production. - Proforest

> Proforest describes its support for the Collaboration for Forests and Agriculture, which helps companies make deforestation-free beef and soy commitments in the Amazon, Cerrado and Gran Chaco. The initiative aims to improve decision tools and financial incentives.

- Date: 2017-08-22 · published 2017-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69465-unlocking-private-sector-potential-for-responsible-beef-and-soy-production
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

This is a sustainability program update with no immediate effect on supply, demand or prices for soy or beef.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-07-11 | [Corn Was King: The Transition to Soy in U.S. Production Agriculture - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15197-corn-was-king-the-transition-to-soy-in-u-s-production-agriculture-center-for.md) | -3.9% | -10.6% |
| SOY | 2019-08-12 | [Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. – FarmEurope](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57627-stepping-up-eu-action-to-protect-and-restore-the-world-s-forests-farmeurope.md) | -0.7% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2017-02-08 | [RTRS implements world´s first zero deforestation standard for soy production – RTRS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72511-rtrs-implements-world-s-first-zero-deforestation-standard-for-soy-production.md) | +0.2% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2017-06-08 | [No, palm oil is not responsible for 40% of global deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70527-no-palm-oil-is-not-responsible-for-40-of-global-deforestation.md) | +0.1% | +5.4% |
| SOY | 2020-07-02 | [Stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world's forests \| European Committee of the Regions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52140-stepping-up-eu-action-to-protect-and-restore-the-world-s-forests-european.md) | +0.5% | -0.2% |
| SBM | 2017-01-16 | [Can a deforestation driver become a forest protector? \| Water, Land and Ecosystems](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73005-can-a-deforestation-driver-become-a-forest-protector-water-land-and-ecosystems.md) | +3.3% | +3.2% |
| SBM | 2021-02-19 | [Seven steps to curb deforestation and enhance forest protection: Looking beyond EU-only solutions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48667-seven-steps-to-curb-deforestation-and-enhance-forest-protection-looking-beyond.md) | -0.7% | -7.2% |
| SBM | 2017-02-08 | [RTRS implements world´s first zero deforestation standard for soy production – RTRS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72511-rtrs-implements-world-s-first-zero-deforestation-standard-for-soy-production.md) | +1.1% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- proforest.net: https://www.proforest.net/news-and-events/news/article/unlocking-private-sector-potential-for-responsible-beef-and-soy-production-11258/

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