FIRST PHASE

The first phase was developed between 2020 – 2021 and aimed to build the foundations of the Protocol, through benchmarking of platforms, public agreements and private commitments. More details are in the document: Comparative analysis in the beef value chain: setting the bar to create the voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado.

In this first phase, consultations with stakeholders occurred totalling 20 organisations including: meatpackers (4), retail companies (2), the food industry (3), civil society (3), geotechnology companies (3), and sectoral initiatives (1). The summary of these consultations can be found in the document: Summary of the consultation process about the “Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado: Version 1 for consultation – July 2021”.

Additionally, in this initial phase, a technical analysis of the potential impact of implementing the protocol on the livestock production base in the Cerrado was carried out, which can be found here.

SECOND phase

The second phase was dedicated to:

• Creating the Protocol's governance structure, for the legitimacy of decision making

• Testing of the first version by the slaughterhouses, to qualify the dialogue

• Carrying out new consultations, including other actors and advancing the decision-making on points of disagreement

• Making adjustments to the protocol

• Promoting, disseminating and adopting the protocol

THIRD PHASE

The third phase will focus on:

• Developing and validating the first version of the Audit Protocol

• Workshops to train meat-packing plants in the Cerrado

• Defining of transparency formats (individual or collective) - audit report templates and joint reports