Greenpeace’s JBS threat points climate litigation toward food-system duty-of-care claims

Greenpeace has demanded information from JBS about $2.5 billion of beef investments in Nigeria and threatened litigation in the Netherlands, where JBS is incorporated. The theory described by Arnold & Porter centers on a Dutch-law duty of care tied to human rights and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, widening the risk frame from marketing claims to core business expansion.