An investigation has revealed U.S.-based companies bought timber from Brazilian traders that sourced forest products from several sawmills in the Amazon where loggers worked under slave labor conditions...

The commercial network linking retailers to sawmill companies was identified by a three-month investigation and confirmed by the companies. The wood products were mixed at Brazilian intermediaries, so the investigation was unable to track the exact destination of each piece of wood. However, its findings reveal that large retail and construction groups are sourcing the product from companies whose supply chains are contaminated by the alleged use of criminal practices, with the conditions of workers rescued from sawmill sites aligning with slave labor practices as defined by Brazilian law...

Walmart [has] also pledged to restrict their business with companies included in the “transparency list.” They are signatories of the Brazilian Pact to Eradicate Slave Labor, a multistakeholder initiative created 12 years ago advocating this kind of restriction. As [...] Tramontina clients, Repórter Brasil asked for their stance on the case... Walmart [...] underscored that Tramontina had already taken steps to exclude Madeireira Iller from its supply chain. (Read the full statement from [...] Walmart.) [also refers toTramontina, Carrefour, Pão de Açúcar, Timber Holding, Ronardi, Bonardi, USFloors, Lowe's, Tradelink]