JBS S.A. named Jason Weller to its executive leadership team as the company's first global chief sustainability officer. In this new role, Weller will have oversight of ESG and sustainability strategies for JBS Global. Weller will lead the company's global sustainability efforts in partnership with regional teams around the world.

This includes further developing the roadmap for the company's industry-leading net zero 2040 commitment. Weller joins JBS from Truterra, where he helped establish one of the largest agricultural carbon credit programs in the United States as president of the famer-led sustainability business at Land O'Lakes. At Truterra, Weller led the company's efforts to help farmers participate in market-based opportunities for sustainability practices, including carbon credits and other ecosystem service incentives, as well as helping consumer packaged goods company partners achieve their supply chain sustainability goals, including validating Scope 3 emission reductions.

Before his time at Land O'Lakes, he served as chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, the nation's largest working lands conservation organization that partners with farmers and ranchers to deliver assistance to protect and improve the quality of their operations' natural resources. Prior to his role as chief of NRCS, Weller worked at the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, the U.S. House Budget Committee, and in the White House Office of Management and Budget. Weller has a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Carleton College and a master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan.