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Peru is a major country for our coffee portfolio and for superfoods like quinoa and chia.

We are the largest multi-national processor and exporter of Peruvian green coffee supplying roaster customers around the world.

Our business model relies on our direct relationships, so we partner with more than 3,500 farmers, cooperatives, collecting their crop as close as possible to the farm gate, and managing the entire supply chain from origination to processing, sales and delivery. We have also invested in 2 modern coffee processing mills with the most advanced technologies to maintain and preserve the quality produced by the farmers.

Our sustainability programmes currently reach more than 6,000 coffee, quinoa and chia smallholder farmers, making significant positive impact to their livelihoods. The programmes are focused on optimising farm economics and creating a positive environmental and social impact in the communities and landscapes in some of the least developed areas of the country. We strive to develop customised solutions to improve yields, quality, and market access, and provide training on forest preservation and reforestation and climate smart agri-practices.

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"We owe our success in Peru to strong partnerships with the farming community and a passionate and ambitious team, who are focused on continued growth and excellence."

Our business in Peru employs 170 people full time, 35 permanent seasonal workers and approximately 55 contract workers across 4 key locations.

Prashant Jalan, Olam's Vice President and Country Head, Peru

Prashant Jalan, Vice President and Country Head, Peru

Ripe coffee cherries on a bush. Olam sources coffee in Kenya, Guatemala, Laos, Yemen and Burundi.

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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

News

21^st Aug, 2020

Olam Coffee partners with customers to support vulnerable farmers through COVID-19

In May, Olam Coffee launched a COVID-19 Global Intervention Plan to strengthen its ongoing relief efforts for the world’s worst-affected coffee farming communities. Securing skilled labour, earning a living and affording usual food and new hygiene supplies are the main challenges being faced by coffee farmers as a result of lockdowns and movement restrictions. All of which are compounding the pre-existing vulnerability of coffee farmers to low prices and climate shocks. Donations from customers and partners, together with Olam’s contributions, have reached US$449,670 to date, funding food and hygiene packages for over 20,000 coffee households across 12 countries, where farmers are navigating the complexities of harvesting during a pandemic. Vivek Verma, Managing Director and CEO, Olam Coffee, said, “We are extremely grateful for the generous support from our customers, namely Lavazza, Nespresso, Caffé Borbone, JM Smuckers, Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, Strauss, Melitta a

Blog

1^st Feb, 2021

Working to “END” neglected tropical diseases in our lifetime

1.7 billion people – or 1 in 5 globally – are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite this, they remain a relatively unknown burden that are yet to be effectively tackled. Olam – comprising Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) and Olam Global Agri (OGA) – has partnered with The END Fund – the only private philanthropic initiative solely dedicated to ending the most common NTDs – to improve the lives of people affected by these diseases. Together, we have been working across Olam's various supply chains in Africa - particularly cashew, as well as rice, grains, and other ingredients – to solve the burden of these diseases.