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communities and our world.

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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 secures Singapore’s first SORA-pegged club loan of SGD200 million with DBS and ICBC

Global food and agri-business Olam International Limited (Olam) has secured Singapore’s first club loan pegged to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) with DBS Bank (DBS) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Singapore Branch (ICBC Singapore).

Olam joins forces with roasters to protect Brazil’s coffee farmers during COVID-19

Over 5,000 Brazilians have received hygiene supplies to keep them safe during the busy coffee harvest season.

Olam Cocoa launches new business for professional chefs, bakers and pâtissiers

Olam Cocoa has today announced the launch of Olam Cocoa for Professionals, a new business which will make its premium deZaan cocoa powders available to restaurants, caterers, and patisseries for the first time.

Digital business breakthrough in Ghana

First smartphone food B2B App transforms grocery distribution and fuels Olam's digital expansion plans in West Africa.

Olam reports resilient performance in H1 2020, with 44.4% growth in PATMI amid Covid-19

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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 estimated 5 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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Young children studying in a community school for coffee growers in Africa, Tanzania, co-founded and supported by Olam.

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

28^th Sep, 2020

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Olam secures Singapore’s first SORA-pegged club loan of SGD200 million with DBS and ICBC

Singapore Landmark loan sets the pace for the industry’s future syndicated SORA loans Global food and agri-business Olam International Limited (Olam) has secured Singapore’s first club loan pegged to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) with DBS Bank (DBS) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Singapore Branch (ICBC Singapore). The SGD200 million one-year committed revolving credit facility is also the industry’s first SORA-pegged club loan coupled with a cross-currency swap. This gives Olam the option to enter into a SORA cross-currency swap with DBS at the start of each interest period, giving added certainty on interest rates and swap SGD proceeds into USD. The SGD200 million SORA-based loan and the cross-currency swap marks yet another milestone in the nation’s transition roadmap set out by the Steering Committee for SOR Transition to SORA (SC-STS) towards adopting SORA as the new interest rate benchmark for the Singapore Dollar cash and derivatives markets. Given

23^rd Sep, 2020

News

From a Marshall Plan to mandatory reporting

This time last year Olam’s Co-Founder and Group CEO Sunny Verghese was heading from venue to venue in a hot, frenzied but very exciting New York where he was taking part in annual events to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In his capacity as CEO, and as Chair of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, he was asked to speak on his experiences of tackling the very many poverty and climate related issues in the agricultural sector. This year the UN is 75 years old and the events are taking place virtually. But within the context of COVID-19 there is an even greater urgency to deliver the 17 Global Goals by 2030. In this video Sunny lays out his thoughts on what needs to be done.

21^st Sep, 2020

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Achieving 100% traceability across our direct global cocoa supply chain

In October we launched Cocoa Compass, our sustainability ambition for the future of cocoa. We set out challenging goals that address the issues facing the sector, from supporting farmers to earn a living income, to putting children first by eliminating child labour and increasing access to education, to protecting forests and mitigating our environmental impact. These interconnected problems cannot be solved overnight. Delivering transformational change for cocoa communities and landscapes on a global scale depends on achieving certain milestones that anchor us along the way. We have now met the first of these; our goal to have 100% traceability of the cocoa we purchase directly in our global supply chain. Why is this so important? Because it is crucial in unlocking the answers to eradicating child labour and deforestation. Through a centralised system, we can now trace cocoa on its journey from the cocoa farm or community to one of our ingredient processing facilities across the wor

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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

By simplifying our businesses across two distinct and coherent groups, each with a clear vision for profitable and sustainable growth, it sharpens our focus and provides opportunities to capitalise on key market trends, while continuing to leverage the benefits of the Olam Group.

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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 secures Singapore’s first SORA-pegged club loan of SGD200 million with DBS and ICBC

Olam joins forces with roasters to protect Brazil’s coffee farmers during COVID-19