# soya from Brazil — sourcing evidence brief

[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.

Country context: high
Sector-adjusted context: moderate
Direct evidence: no matching observation
Sector evidence: moderate
Modified: 2026-08-24

## Source-linked evidence
- World Bank — Forest area indicator — deforestation — moderate — effective 2023-12-31 — derived by Salient One (forest-area-trend-1.0) — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS
- Salient One derived EUDR scope flag — eudr commodity — not rated — soya — effective 2026-08-22 — derived by Salient One (eudr-scope-screen-1.0) — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R1115

## What to verify next
1. Reconstruct ownership and actual control, including material historical changes and opaque jurisdictions.
2. Verify licences, banking route, tax or distress signals and the operating facts material to the engagement.
3. Preserve the approval rationale, evidence dates, limitations, owner and next review trigger.
4. Initiate Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
5. Execute Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) verification
6. Perform forensic Forced Labour supply chain assessment
7. Conduct Tier-N supply chain mapping
8. Activate continuous risk monitoring alerts
9. Execute Environmental Impact and Compliance review

## 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.

Full brief: https://s1.salientone.eu/sourcing-risk/brazil/agriculture/soya