The criminal liability of legal entities for the practice of environmental crimes is a subject that is much
discussed among scholars of Criminal Law and Environmental Law, and has gained ground in the Brazilian
legal system after the Supreme Federal Court settled the controversy, aiming to protect the collective right to a
sustainable environment and to compel individuals to group together to commit crimes in the name of the legal
entity. In this sense, the legal coordinates on the prosecution of companies that commit environmental crimes
are generally full of obstacles, caused by the lack of legal guidance and doctrinal and jurisprudential
understandings. Thus, in order to highlight the hypotheses of correct processing of environmental crime cases,
we sought to analyze the legitimacy of Criminal Law in light of the Environmental Crimes Act, applying it to the
practical case of alleged uncontrolled burning practiced by the company Pedro Afonso Açúcar e Bioenergia
S.A., belonging to the Bunge group.

PAIVA, Jaqueline K. R.; JARDIM, Celma M. M.. RESPONSABILIDADE CRIMINAL DE PESSOAS JURÍDICAS POR CRIMES AMBIENTAIS: CASO BUNGEE. UNIRG - UNIVERSIDADE DE GURUPI - 2025. Disponível em https://repositorio.unirg.edu.br/documento/197. Acesso em 31/07/2025.