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Whether its working with coffee farmers in Africa, growing our almonds in Australia, or developing innovative cocoa and spice ingredients in the USA, we help our customers meet increasing consumer demands for sustainable sourcing and healthy foods.

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Olam shares tech with Wildlife Conservation Society

Collaboration will improve coffee farmer productivity and livelihoods while reducing pressure on the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Indonesia

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Global coffee house CEO calls for price stabilisation fund

Olam Coffee CEO Vivek Verma supports London Declaration but industry and governments must work together to develop a safety net for coffee farmers

Getting a world-class education in water stewardship

Olam Spices marks World Water Week

Q2 2019 Results, August 14 2019

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Across 6 continents, our farms, buying teams and processing facilities are based at the heart of production for more secure supply and access to markets.

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Living our purpose

With our sector facing huge challenges, we aim to re-imagine global agriculture so that it is better for the 4.8 million farmers in our extended supply chain, their communities and our planet.

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How we are re-imagining global agriculture?

Our Purpose extends beyond our own boundaries and is driven from the grass roots of our business. A movement has started within Olam, and it’s being led by our most passionate and committed people.

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Why agriculture needs re-imagining

As one of the world’s leading agri-businesses we have a responsibility to help create and sustain living landscapes, where prosperous farmers, thriving rural communities, and healthy ecosystems coexist.

“Our teams are focused on overcoming the complexities facing our customers and their global supply chains. We know this can only be achieved over the long-term by creating value for all stakeholders, aiming to put more back into food and farming systems than is taken out.”

Sunny Verghese

Co-Founder and Group CEO

26^th Sep, 2019

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Olam shares tech with Wildlife Conservation Society’s landscape partnership to tackle deforestation

London Collaboration will improve coffee farmer productivity and livelihoods while reducing pressure on the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Indonesia Over 20,000 smallholder coffee farmers in southern Sumatra will benefit from a unique collaboration whereby global food and agri-business Olam International will grant use of its platform, the Olam Farmer Information System (OFIS), to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to tackle forest encroachment in the Bukit Barisan Selatan (BBSNP) landscape in southern Sumatra. Indonesia is one of the world’s largest producers of coffee, with the majority grown by smallholder farmers in remote areas. The farmers face common challenges such as ageing trees, a lack of access to inputs, training and finance, and therefore typically have low yields. Their remoteness, and the length and complexity of the supply chain also makes traceability difficult. The Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (3,140 km2) in southern Sumatra is within one of Ind

20^th Sep, 2019

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Setting the record straight on false allegations in World Rainforest Movement’s petition about Olam’s palm plantations in Gabon

In response to the petition published by the World Rainforest Movement, we want to correct the factual inaccuracies and to strongly refute the false allegations made about our oil palm operations in Gabon. The petition makes three allegations: 1) Olam has deforested within traditional areas of the communities of Nanga and Ferra to create palm plantations; 2) we have expanded into the village lands on the left bank of the Dola river against the consent of the communities; 3) we have not fulfilled our promises to provide support to these villages. These allegations are false and unfounded. We want to set the record straight by sharing the facts, along with photographs and maps, to show what we are doing to conserve landscapes and support these communities in Gabon:

10^th Oct, 2019

Blog

The partnership re-imagining the rice value chain in Nigeria

In conversation with Reji George, VP Rice Nigeria, Olam International and Dr Ben Odoemena, Country Programme Officer, UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – finalists of the 2019 P3 Impact Award in recognition of one of the first public-private partnerships to have transformative impact in Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The Value Chain Development Program (VCDP) established in 2015 by Olam, in partnership with the Nigerian Government and IFAD, is working to improve the livelihoods of smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria by increasing food security, creating jobs and opening market access.

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Careers at Olam

Around the world, we have careers for agronomists, traders, food scientists, sales and marketing professionals, and many others. We are always on the lookout for talented people.

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Q&A with Kennedy Ntoso, Head of Olam Cocoa Sustainability (Ghana) around gender mainstreaming in agriculture and the private sector’s role.

Annual Report

2018 was a pivotal year for Olam, marked by 2 key milestones. Firstly our progress embedding our refreshed business model and secondly the development of a new Strategic Plan. Read about our initiatives and performance for the year in our FY18 Annual Report.

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Since our first cashew trade in 1989, we’ve become a global leader in nuts, vegetables, cocoa, spices, coffee and cotton.

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Re-imagining Global Agriculture and Food Systems

to provide food, feed and fibre that’s better for farmers,
communities and our world

At the heart of agri and ingredient supply chains

Olam shares tech with Wildlife Conservation Society

Global coffee house CEO calls for price stabilisation fund