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Business Model and Strategy
Olam’s business today involves supplying food, feed and fibre to more than 17,000 customers worldwide. Our value chain spans over 60 countries and includes farming, processing, ingredient manufacturing and distribution operations, as well as a sourcing network of an estimated 5 million farmers. Olam’s business model is based on four elements which set our future direction.
Shareholding Structure
Olam was established in 1989 by the Kewalram Chanrai Group (KC Group), one of the oldest international companies in Africa and Asia with more than 150 years of trading history. Over the past 30 years, Olam has developed into a global agri-business headquartered in Singapore with market leadership positions in many of its businesses. Our success has enabled us to attract co-sponsors, strategic and long term investors, as well as world-class institutional investors, providing stability and business and financial strength to the Company.
Financials
Our Company reports our financial results quarterly and holds media and analyst meetings for these announcements. You can read about our reporting metrics, access our results webcasts, or check out our interactive financial analysis tool.
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Governance
Olam is committed to observing high standards of corporate governance and harnessing these practices in keeping with its overarching philosophy of delivering sustainable, profitable growth and building capabilities with integrity. The Board constantly reviews the Company’s corporate governance practices and seeks to align its practices with the Code of Corporate Governance. Sustainability and stakeholder engagement remain our core focus.
News, Views and Insights
20th Sep, 2021
Olam International Limited publishes further information on Olam Food Ingredients for investors
Singapore
Olam International Limited (“Olam”) has today published further information for investors with respect to the planned demerger and IPO of Olam Food Ingredients (“OFI”), a global leader at the forefront of food and beverage consumer trends.
‘Introduction to OFI for investors’ highlights OFI’s attractive portfolio and strong growth prospects, driven by a proven and repeatable growth model which is expected to deliver low to mid-single digit annual volume growth and mid to high-single digit annual EBIT1 growth in the medium-term.
The presentation also reiterates OFI’s strong momentum going into the second half of 2021, with H1 2021 year-on-year EBIT growth of 29.5% and continued EBIT margin expansion.
OFI was created in early 2020 following a re-organisation of Olam to unlock and maximise Olam’s long-term value, including an IPO and concurrent demerger by the first half of 2022. It was announced in August 2021 that OFI intends to seek a primary listing on the premiu
28th Jun, 2021
Olam Information Services Pvt Ltd recognized a leading employer in India
Olam Information Services Pvt Ltd (“OISL”) has been recognized as one of India’s best employers, and additionally as the best workplace for women after receiving two prestigious awards.
The Olam International subsidiary provides Information Technology , Global Business Services, and Information Security services to Olam’s operations worldwide. Headquartered in Chennai, OISL has grown to incorporate the diverse talents of over 1,600 employees supporting Olam’s business and supply chains.
OISL is amongst a select group of organizations to receive Best Employer India 2020 award from Kincentric, a human resources and management consultancy. The award recognizes the policies and approach the company is taking to engage, empower and support employees across its business.
Additionally, OISL has been awarded the 'Best Workplace for Women 2021' by The Economic Times, a major English business paper in India, for its approach to support inclusion and diversity to enable all employees to ma
17th Sep, 2021
Creating strong and thriving communities
At Rusmolco, we care deeply about the communities that lie at the heart of our operations. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to tend to our herd or run our farms. But in the 1990s many Russians moved to the cities for work, leaving some of these rural communities behind. We’ve been working hard to change that. By bringing city level facilities to the villages that surround our milking farms, we’re making these rural communities prosperous places where people want to live and work.
One way we do that is by helping to build critical infrastructure like roads, housing and energy supply networks. For example, in areas close to our farms in Arshinovka, Narovchat and Serdobsk, we have and will continue to partner with local authorities in building new homes for our employees. We have already helped to construct over 50 homes for our staff, who will eventually become owners under the government housing scheme, as well as much-needed libraries, kindergartens and commu
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