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Brazil was Olam’s first country of operation in Latin America.

We started with our cashew trading business in 2002 and continue to evolve. Our focus has changed in line with our customer needs.

We have expanded into coffee, cotton, cocoa, grains, spices, and risk management solutions and operate from 32 locations across 11 states. Headquartered in São Paulo, we are supported by 1,535 dedicated employees across the country.

Growing Responsibly

All of our procurement in Brazil comes under the Olam Supplier Code, which provides a comprehensive set of conditions to support our goal to purchase raw materials and products that are produced in a manner that is socially responsible, economically profitable and environmentally sustainable. We are also working with smallholder farmers to improve yields and incomes.

Our employees are actively initiating and participating in community programmes focused on promoting child welfare, education and health. And we have joined various industry bodies to further the cause for sustainable economic development, such as CECAFE (Coffee) and AIPC Cocoa Processors Association (AIPC).

AtSource: Closing the Nutrient Loop

Old coffee trees have been given a second life through repurposing them as compost to grow new ones.

AtSource: Cultivating Environmental Awareness

These children have been learning about the importance of water conservation from Olam’s agronomists.

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Innovation in Cocoa

Brazilian PD&I is located in the city of Ilhéus, inside of Joanes cocoa plant and close to the leading cocoa producing region in Brazil.

We are focused on bringing solutions for all our customers and help them on a sustainable growth. Our mission is to innovate and deliver not only new ingredients but also understand our customer needs, guiding them. We build trust and transparency between customer and our technicians to achieve the best results.

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Woody cotton plant with a ripe bol. Olam started cashew operations in Brazil in 2002 and expanded into other products, including cotton, subsequently.

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We employ over 1,535 people who operate from 32 locations across 11 states.

News, Views and Insights

Press release

4^th 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

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1^st Oct, 2020

Coffee kiosk gives Brazilian smallholders direct access to global markets

Olam is experimenting with technologies that reach remote coffee farmers and empower them to sell to the company directly, thereby giving them access to global market prices. Its first kiosk in Ibicocara - Brazil's Bahia region, allows farmers to drop off coffee samples and then Olam manages the testing and pricing negotiation via its digital platform, Olam Direct. The company has received more than 50 samples in July, its first month of operation, and farmer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Olam hopes to roll out the kiosks to serve additional farmers in 2021 and the locations may offer other value-add services for farmers and their communities. Edmilson Rocha Aguiar, who farms 140 miles away from the closest Olam facility in Vitoria da Conquista, was one of the first participants in the kiosk test.

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9^th Dec, 2020

A ‘Landscale’ Approach to Powering Coffee Sustainability in Mexico

Olam Coffee, part of Olam Food Ingredients, is working with the Rainforest Alliance in Mexico as part of the Alliance for Sustainable Landscapes and Markets, funded by USAID, to conserve biodiversity and provide sustainable farmer livelihoods in the biological corridor of the “La Frailescana” region of Chiapas. Perhaps the most unique aspect of this multi-stakeholder initiative, is the approach to assessing and evidencing sustainability impact at landscape scale, as Jeremy Dufour, Sustainability Projects General Manager, at Olam Coffee and Sophie Persey, LandScale Senior Manager at the Rainforest Alliance, explain... What is the original idea behind the partnership? Chiapas is one of Mexico’s key coffee growing regions - producing over 41% of the nation’s coffeei - and supports the livelihoods of over 100,000 families. However, the impact of climate change and land-use dynamics in the region are reducing the suitability of growing areas, with productivity suffering under tradit

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Brazil

Brazil was Olam’s first country of operation in Latin America.

Growing Responsibly

AtSource: Closing the Nutrient Loop

AtSource: Cultivating Environmental Awareness

Discover Our Products and Services

Innovation in Cocoa

Meet the Team

News, Views and Insights

Global Coffee Platform recognises two tiers of Olam’s AtSource programme as sustainability schemes

Coffee kiosk gives Brazilian smallholders direct access to global markets

A ‘Landscale’ Approach to Powering Coffee Sustainability in Mexico

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