Re-imagining Global Agriculture and Food Systems to create value across Capitals
Our Purpose of ‘Re-imagining Global Agriculture and Food Systems’ continues to be a key contributor to our strategy and guide what we do to meet the food, feed and fibre needs of a growing global population while creating long-term value for all. Key highlights include:
- ~773,000 smallholders receiving sustainability support with over 60 customer and NGO partnerships for livelihoods alone; a further 2.6 million farmers in India are benefiting from AgriCentral, our farmer services platform in India
- ~33% reduction in GHG intensity for Olam processing emissions
- Achieving significant milestone for Cocoa Compass with 100% traceability of directly sourced cocoa across global supply chain tracking ~12% of world’s cocoa beans back to an individual farm or community
- Committing over US$7 million of in-kind and financial support, benefiting over 11.5 million people across 33 countries amid COVID-19
- Piloting an Integrated Impact Statement (IIS) case study in Vietnam to understand Human Capital Accounting (HCA)
- Leading LIBOR transition with a landmark loan and Singapore’s first Overnight Rate Average (SORA)-pegged club loan of S$200 million, setting the pace for the industry’s future syndicated SORA loans
- Pioneering sustainable financing with the first sustainability linked fixed rate note issuance in Asia (ex-Japan)
- Responding to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), initiating a Climate Change Scenario Analysis to better understand, assess and act on climate-related risks
- Achieving inclusion in FTSE4Good Index Series, reflecting our strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials, which will further catalyse responsible investments
- Olam’s sustainability insights platform AtSource winning 2020 Reuters Events Responsible Supply Chain Award
- Being awarded Kincentric Best Employer – Regional Asia Pacific, China, Vietnam, Great Place To Work – Brazil, Great Place To Work and Great Place to Learn – Singapore and HR Asia Magazine’s Best Companies to Work for – Vietnam
Find out more on how Olam is engaging with stakeholders by reading perspectives by not-for-profit organisations Solidaridad and Oxfam on pages 126 and 128 of the Annual Report. Read in the Annual Report 2020 an additional report referencing Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) disclosures here: www.olamgroup.com/investors/investor-library.html.
Olam will hold its 26th Annual General Meeting on April 23, 2021.
Notes to Editors
Olam Group has been re-organised into two new operating groups Olam Food Ingredients (“OFI”) and Olam Global Agri (“OGA”) with the Company Olam International (“OIL”) as parent holding the two groups. OFI is a global leader offering sustainable, natural, value‑added food ingredients, so consumers can enjoy the healthy and indulgent products they love. OGA is a market leading and differentiated global food, feed and fibre agri-business with a particular focus in high-growth emerging markets with proven expertise, processing capabilities and a global origination footprint. As parent company of OFI and OGA, OIL plays a key role to unlock the full value of the Olam Group by providing active stewardship to the new operating groups, responsibly divesting the de-prioritised businesses and assets, nurturing gestating businesses to full potential, incubating new engines for future growth, developing key cross cutting initiatives, and providing shared services to the new operating groups.
About Olam International
Olam International is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fibre to 17,300 customers worldwide. Our value chain spans over 60 countries and includes farming, processing and distribution operations, as well as a sourcing network of more than 5 million farmers.
Through our purpose to ‘Re-imagine Global Agriculture and Food Systems’, Olam aims to address the many challenges involved in meeting the needs of a growing global population, while achieving positive impact for farming communities, our planet and all our stakeholders.
Headquartered and listed in Singapore, Olam currently ranks among the top 30 largest primary listed companies in terms of market capitalisation on SGX-ST.
Since June 2020, Olam International has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, a global sustainable investment index series developed by FTSE Russell, following a rigorous assessment of Olam’s supply chain activities, impact on the environment and governance transparency. The FTSE4Good Index Series identifies companies that demonstrate strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices and is used by a variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds.
More information on Olam can be found at www.olamgroup.com.
Olam is located at 7 Straits View, Marina One East Tower #20-01, Singapore 018936.
Telephone: +65 63394100, Facsimile: +65 63399755.
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