Aliança da Terra (Land Alliance) is a Brazilian non-governmental organization that advocates environmentally responsible land management in the Amazon rainforest. The organization seeks economic incentives to encourage farmers and ranchers in the Amazon basin to practice good land stewardship. The goal is slowing, stopping and even reversing the deforestation of the Amazon.

http://www.aliancadaterra.org.br

Consumers around the world deserve safe, quality, affordable, flavorful and nutritious beef produced sustainably as part of their diet. Providing sustainably produced beef will allow those doing so to maximize the utilization of resources and provide meat to a hungry planet for generations to come. This is critically important as the global population continues to increase. Dating to Cargill’s origin as a grain company established in rural Iowa in 1865, its ties to the earth and respect for what the land produces has formed the company’s foundation and remains an ongoing part of its values. Cargill believes that, in collaboration with other key stakeholder organizations, it can contribute to successfully and mutually solving challenges for feeding the increasing number of inhabitants of our planet.

http://cargill.com

The Cattle Council of Australia is the peak producer organisation representing Australia's beef cattle producers.  The objective of the Council is to represent and progress the interests of Australian beef cattle producers through wide and regular consultation with, and policy advice to, key industry organisations, relevant Federal Government Departments and other bodies regarding issues of national and international importance.

http://www.cattlecouncil.com.au/

Darden is actively committed to sustainability. Our business depends on available, affordable, high-quality natural resources. This is why we have chosen to focus our sustainability efforts on preserving, conserving and enhancing our ecosystems. We will strive to be more sustainable by creating value while balancing the well-being of our society, our environment, and our business, now and for generations.

http://www.darden.com/commitment/sustainability.asp

By 2050, our growing global population is projected to require 100 percent more food. With limited additional arable land and potentially fewer water resources, 70 percent of the doubling must come from technology, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Already 1 in 6 people globally suffer from hunger and malnutrition. And there are 200,000 more mouths to feed on our planet each day. Elanco believes technology is a critical component for meeting the increasing need for safe, affordable, abundant food while protecting our planet. Further, Elanco seeks to create greater understanding of sustainability in beef production throughout the food chain, and believes success can only be achieved through collaboration.

http://www.elanco.com/

The Marfrig Group develops and implements innovative actions and wide-ranging policies to foster corporate social and environmental responsibility in its commodity supply chain, aiming to ensure the long-term sustainability of its business.

The Marfrig Group abides by a single Ethics Code, which permeates all its industrial, commercial and administrative units, in every country in which the company operates. This helps the Corporation to develop a single global culture, governed by the same set of social and environmental values.

The most visible face of the Corporation’s commitment to sustainable practices can be found in the working groups it leads or participates in, and in the public commitments it has made in partnership with the most important world organizations in favor of sustainable production and the preservation of biodiversity.

http://www.marfrig.com.br/index.asp

As an operator in the agriculture industry, Meatco is acutely aware of its impact on the environment as our raw material, and therefore the sustainability of our business, is directly related to the health and well-being of the environment. Meatco therefore commits itself to creating a cleaner production environment with reduced water and energy usage.

All farms registered with Meatco must be members of, and fully adhere to the Farm Assured Namibian Meat Scheme, or FAN Meat, which sets high standards of livestock husbandry within the ‘Five Freedoms’, the internationally-recognized basis for assessing good animal welfare.

http://www.meatco.com.na/

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is the national trade association representing U.S. cattle producers, with more than 28,000 individual members and sixty-four state affiliate, breed and industry organization members. Together NCBA represents more than 230,000 cattle breeders, producers and feeders. NCBA works to advance the economic, political and social interests of the U.S. cattle business and to be an advocate for the cattle industry’s policy positions and economic interests.

http://www.beefusa.org

Although idealistic motives drove the establishment of our farmers’ cooperative a century ago, realism characterises our way of working as a 21st century global leading bank. Our values, focus on the food and agribusiness (F&A) sector, and dedicated mentality have not changed over time. Our F&A clients remain at the heart of our international proposition.

http://www.rabobank.com/content/

The Savory Institute promotes large-scale restoration of the world’s grasslands through holistic management. We use properly managed livestock to heal the land and empower others to do the same. We also remove barriers on the path to large-scale success through activities such as conducting research, creating market incentives and raising public awareness.

http://www.savoryinstitute.com/

Solidaridad’s worldwide network works with producers and brands to improve sustainability, enabling farmers in developing countries to get a better margin for their products and protect the environment. Solidaridad develops triple bottom line business concepts in developing countries and supports companies’ CSR initiatives by linking them to suppliers. We also support marketing and communication on CSR to inform our partners and the public. We train farmers in techniques to produce more with less, protect and value their ecosystems, and strengthen their organizations. Solidaridad enables producers to access knowledge, inputs, finance and markets. We develop certification initiatives for sustainable and ethical production and assist producers and companies to reach these standards.

http://www.solidaridadnetwork.org/

WWF has long known that the planet is a delicate and complex set of relationships between species, people, habitats, governments and global market forces, and meaningful conservation cannot take place without focusing on them all. WWF is transforming the most significant forces that threaten people and nature. In collaboration with a wide range of partners WWF convenes multi-stakeholder roundtables that define and measurably reduce the impacts of growing priority commodities, identify and implement better management practices that protect the environment and producers’ bottom line; create financial incentives to encourage biodiversity conservation; improve agricultural policies; and identify new income opportunities for producers to ensure their economic viability.

www.worldwildlife.org