Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. — Ethics Grade D

Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. receives an overall ethics grade of D (32/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Agriculture. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 30
• privacy: 80
• consumer: 45
• environment: 25
• humanRights: 28

Documented incidents (3)

• Amazon Deforestation Link (high, 2022) — Satellite data and investigations linked Louis Dreyfus to soy suppliers involved in illegal clearing of the Brazilian Cerrado and Amazon rainforests. This occurred despite company pledges to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain.
• Orange Juice Supply Chain Abuse (high, 2018) — Investigations by non-profits found evidence of forced labor conditions and excessive work hours at plantations in Brazil supplying oranges to LDC. Workers reported debt bondage and unsanitary living conditions.
• Price Manipulation Allegations (medium, 2017) — Chinese regulators investigated the company for involvement in manipulating agricultural commodity futures. The company was accused of using dominant market positions to influence price volatility in essential grains.

Documented good deeds

• Regenerative Agriculture Program — Launched a global program to support 30,000 farmers in transitioning to regenerative agriculture practices by 2030.

Ethical alternatives

• Bunge Global SA — Bunge has achieved higher transparency scores and faster implementation of no-deforestation monitoring.