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Outspan International Ltd is our Russian subsidiary and one of the largest suppliers of raw materials and semi-finished products to the food processing industry in Russia.
We export grains, supply cocoa beans and products, milk ingredients, and green and instant coffee to major national and international brands. We focus on reliability, consistency, trust, traceability, logistics support and other value-added services. We have made significant infrastructure investments including:
- a port-based elevation facility in Azov to support our export of grains from the region.
- a coffee packaging facility for private label customers which supplies instant coffee to most of the large retail chains in Russia.
Our integrated dairy business, operated by our subsidiary Rusmolco, is one of the largest fresh milk producers in the country with current production of about 120 million litres per year. Our average production is over 11,000 kgs/cow/year, almost twice the national average makes us one of the most efficient of the highest quality milk producers. Ensuring a full-cycle production, we grow feed and commercial crops at the land of 155,000 hectares, as well as raise our own heifers.
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We employ over 1,800 people in 14 locations through Russia.
Sumanta Kumar De,
Senior Vice President of Olam International & General Director & CEO of Rusmolco
News, Views and Insights
21st Apr, 2021
Mondelēz International and Olam Food Ingredients Announce Partnership in Asia to Create World’s Largest Sustainable Commercial Cocoa Farm
Leading chocolate maker and largest cocoa supplier aim to strengthen sustainable cocoa sourcing in Indonesia
2,000-hectare cocoa farming model of the future to restore environmental productivity, improve farmer livelihoods and empower local communities
Chicago and London
Mondelēz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLZ), a global leader in snacking, and Olam Food Ingredients (OFI), a leading supplier of cocoa beans and cocoa ingredients, have today announced a new collaboration in Indonesia to create the world’s single largest sustainable commercial cocoa farm. The model builds on Mondelēz International’s experience with the company’s signature sustainable sourcing program, Cocoa Life, and OFI’s ambition for sustainable cocoa, Cocoa Compass, to test a scalable approach for the future of commercial cocoa farming.
From sensors in fields to irrigation systems, the project will use advanced climate smart and plant science technology – rarely used to grow cocoa at this scale – as innovati
4th Feb, 2021
Global Coffee Platform recognises two tiers of Olam’s AtSource programme as sustainability schemes
London
In a move by the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) to advance transparency and sustainability in the coffee value chain, two tiers of Olam International’s sustainability insights platform AtSource – AtSource Entry Verified1 and AtSource Plus - have been added as new sustainable sourcing schemes to the GCP Reporting on Sustainable Coffee Purchases programme2.
Launched in April 2018, AtSource provides Olam customers with a verified social and environmental footprint for their product supply chains, calculated from farm-level data, which then informs continuous improvement programmes.
Responding to the recognition, Juan Antonio Rivas, Senior Vice-President & Global Head, Sustainability & Business Development at Olam Coffee, part of Olam Food Ingredients, said:
“We are very pleased that two tiers of our AtSource programme have been assessed as being “equivalent” to the Baseline Coffee Code. This, in addition to other benchmarking studies that have been concluded in the rec
11th Jun, 2021
UN World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Putting children first in cocoa
By Andrew Brooks, Head of Cocoa Sustainability, Olam Food Ingredients (OFI)
This week, the world’s attention turns to a heavy burden that can damage a child’s health and education: child labour. In OFI’s cocoa business, we are focused on solving this problem every day.
Most child labour in cocoa relates to children carrying out hazardous tasks on the family farm, distinct from the much rarer issue of forced labour, and has no one cause. Labour laws can be misunderstood, and schools might be located far away. Even if there is a school nearby, children may not have the documents they need to enrol. When combined with rural poverty, many parents think their child’s time is best spent helping on the farm. And now, these cocoa-growing communities are also battling a global health pandemic.
We’re working to tackle each of these challenges in turn. Under our Cocoa Compass sustainability ambition, we aim to completely eradicate child labour from our direct supply chain by 2030 and ens
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