{"schemaVersion":"2.0","canonicalUrl":"https://s1.salientone.eu/sourcing-risk/brazil/agriculture/soya","country":{"isoA3":"BRA","name":"Brazil","slug":"brazil"},"sector":{"code":"agriculture","label":"Agriculture & Food"},"commodity":"soya","subject":"soya","subjectSlug":"soya","countryContextBand":"high","sectorContextBand":"moderate","directEvidenceBand":null,"sectorEvidenceBand":"moderate","decisionRouting":"Targeted verification is indicated before relying on this sourcing route.","summary":"[S/1] records 2 source-linked signals relevant to soya in Brazil's agriculture & food sector. No subject-specific risk level is recorded; the most elevated broader sector evidence is rated moderate. Country context is high and sector-adjusted context is moderate. Targeted verification is indicated before relying on this sourcing route.","evidenceAvailable":true,"signals":[{"riskType":"deforestation","riskLevel":"moderate","subject":null,"value":0.24,"valueUnit":"%/yr","source":"World Bank — Forest area indicator","sourceUrl":"https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS","sourceRecordUrl":"https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS","referenceId":null,"sourceYear":2023,"sourceEffectiveDate":"2023-12-31","retrievedAt":"2026-08-22T15:19:46.515Z","derivedBy":"Salient One","methodVersion":"forest-area-trend-1.0","assessmentBasis":"S1 relative annual trend derived from World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS forest area as a percentage of land area; it is not a Global Forest Watch tree-cover-loss measure.","enforcementStatus":null,"scope":"sector"},{"riskType":"eudr_commodity","riskLevel":null,"subject":"soya","value":null,"valueUnit":null,"source":"Salient One derived EUDR scope flag","sourceUrl":"https://s1.salientone.eu/methodology#sourcing-risk-evidence","sourceRecordUrl":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R1115","referenceId":null,"sourceYear":2026,"sourceEffectiveDate":"2026-08-22","retrievedAt":"2026-08-22T15:19:46.515Z","derivedBy":"Salient One","methodVersion":"eudr-scope-screen-1.0","assessmentBasis":"S1 screening scope flag for soya; the cited regulation defines the relevant commodity scope, while the country–commodity pairing is an internal evidence-review flag. It is not the EU country benchmark or an externally published severity rating.","enforcementStatus":null,"scope":"subject"}],"sources":[{"name":"World Bank — Forest area indicator","url":"https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS"},{"name":"Salient One derived EUDR scope flag","url":"https://s1.salientone.eu/methodology#sourcing-risk-evidence"}],"priorityDomains":[{"domain":"forced_labour","label":"Forced Labour","band":"severe","explanation":"Sector intensified forced labour exposure (×2.0) — jurisdictional forced labour indices include: Bananas, Cashews, Cattle and 10 supplementary categories."},{"domain":"environmental","label":"Environmental","band":"severe","explanation":"Sector profile significantly intensified environmental harm risk (×2.5), elevating the effective risk rating from moderate to severe."},{"domain":"governance","label":"Governance","band":"moderate","explanation":"Regulatory enforcement risk is intensified by sector-specific governance deficits (×1.2)."},{"domain":"corruption","label":"Corruption","band":"moderate","explanation":"Intensified corruption exposure driven by sector-specific opaque procurement (×1.3)."}],"evidenceActions":[{"label":"Reconstruct ownership and actual control, including material historical changes and opaque jurisdictions.","source":"stage"},{"label":"Verify licences, banking route, tax or distress signals and the operating facts material to the engagement.","source":"stage"},{"label":"Preserve the approval rationale, evidence dates, limitations, owner and next review trigger.","source":"stage"},{"label":"Initiate Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)","source":"engine"},{"label":"Execute Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) verification","source":"engine"},{"label":"Perform forensic Forced Labour supply chain assessment","source":"engine"},{"label":"Conduct Tier-N supply chain mapping","source":"engine"},{"label":"Activate continuous risk monitoring alerts","source":"engine"},{"label":"Execute Environmental Impact and Compliance review","source":"engine"}],"questions":[{"question":"What should a buyer verify before sourcing soya from Brazil?","answer":"Targeted verification is indicated before relying on this sourcing route. Establish the supplier's legal identity and current status, reconstruct ownership and control, screen connected parties, verify operating capacity and preserve the evidence dates, limitations and review trigger."},{"question":"What evidence does [S/1] record for soya from Brazil?","answer":"The agriculture & food sector has deforestation evidence for Brazil, rated moderate. The recorded value is 0.24%/yr (2023). The interpretation is derived by Salient One under method forest-area-trend-1.0. soya is directly matched to EUDR evidence-review scope flag for Brazil, with no published risk level. The source vintage is 2026. The interpretation is derived by Salient One under method eudr-scope-screen-1.0."},{"question":"Where does the soya sourcing evidence come from?","answer":"The matching observations come from World Bank — Forest area indicator, Salient One derived EUDR scope flag. Each evidence row shows its source vintage or observation date and links to the source where available."},{"question":"Does this brief clear a Brazil supplier?","answer":"No. This is a country-, sector- and commodity-level routing aid. It does not establish the identity, ownership, sanctions status, operating capacity, legality or suitability of any supplier or transaction."}],"limitations":["This brief is a country-, sector- and commodity-level evidence-routing aid, not a supplier verdict.","A source match is not a finding about a specific entity, shipment or transaction.","No matching observation is not evidence of absence; source coverage and publication cycles differ.","Verify current primary records and apply the governing law and your organisation's controls before a material decision."],"datePublished":"2026-08-22","dateModified":"2026-08-24"}