GOVERNANCE

The objective of the Cerrado Protocol's governance is to guarantee representativeness, relevance and transparency in its construction and implementation, as well as the promotion of the tool among local and international actors, and to ensure that the parties have a legitimate reference point due to its collective construction character.


coordination

The Cerrado Protocol is coordinated by the following organisations: Proforest, Imaflora, NWF.

    • Organise processes to revise the Protocol for Voluntary Monitoring of Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado and consolidate the version approved by the Deliberative Council.

    • Draft and consolidate the version approved by the Deliberative Council of documents such as: Audit Protocol, Terms of Reference for carrying out third party audits, Technical Notes and communication pieces.

    • Give transparency to stakeholder engagement to expand adherence to and implementation of the Cerrado Protocol by the cattle chain and share progress and challenges.

    • Organise technical meetings, including the involvement of observers and other stakeholders in the development and implementation of the Cerrado Protocol.

    • Organise regular governance meetings.

DELIBERATIVE COUNCIL

The Deliberative Council is made up of:

  • Civil Society: Proforest, NWF, Imaflora and WWF Brasil

  • Meatpackers: Minerva Foods, Marfrig, Masterboi and JBS

  • Purchasing companies: Arcos Dorados, GPA and Carrefour

    • Participate in technical meetings, contributing content from the practical experience provided by the commitments, policies, and monitoring and auditing processes to which they are involved at some level.

    • Approve the Protocol for Voluntary Monitoring of Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado, the Audit Protocol and the Terms of Reference for carrying out third party audits, as well as new versions arising from the continuous improvement process.

    • Approve the recommendation to replace a member of the Board of Directors, after assessing the recommendation and justification from the relevant category.

    • To comment on the documents supporting the Cerrado Protocol and communications proposed by the Coordination.

OBSERVERS

The group of Observers of the Deliberative Council is made up of:

  • Public Prosecutor's Office: Federal Public Prosecutor's Office – Mato Grosso (MPF-MT) and Federal Public Prosecutor's Office – Tocantins (MPF-TO)

  • Producers: Tocantins Early Calf Association

  • Service providers: Agrotools, Grant Thornton Brasil, Niceplanet Geotecnologia and Brain.ag - Serasa Experian

  • Meatpackers: Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (Abiec), Frigol

  • Buyers: Brazilian Tannery Industry Centre (CICB)

  • Civil society: Amigos da Terra – Brazilian Amazon

    • Advising councillors on legal aspects and supporting decision-making through technical contributions and the sharing of relevant data and information.