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Openness, integrity and accountability - These principles, along with our drive for a consistently strong financial performance, determine how we run the company.
Our governance teams are responsible for implementing our Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CR&S) Strategy, and we set out our principles in our Code of Corporate Governance and Code of Conduct.
We have two tiers of governance. The CR&S Executive Committee oversees our progress against these standards. The Board CR&S Committee monitors the Executive Committee.
If any employee discovers any unethical practice, the Code of Conduct explains that they must report it and without fear of resprisals.
The CR&S Executive Committee is chaired by Gerard Manley, who has over 30 years’ experience in the cocoa industry. The activities of the CR&S Committee and the Function itself are managed by Dr Christopher Stewart, Global Head of CR&S.
Both Gerard Manley and Christopher Stewart report directly to the CR&S Board Committee.
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The Latest Sustainability News
15th Sep, 2021
Botanical Rodent Control Innovation Awarded the 2021 Olam Food Prize
The Netherlands and Ethiopia-based research team recognised for solution to curb rats to reduce crop loss in Africa
Singapore
A team that has developed and implemented a highly effective botanical rodenticide, which is helping curb rats and reduce crop loss in Africa, has been named the winner of the 2021 Olam Food Prize for Innovation in Food Security.
The 2021 Olam Food Prize has been awarded to the research team led by Luwieke Bosma, from the Green Rodent Consortium, MetaMeta Research, Wageningen, in The Netherlands, and Dr. Meheretu Yonas, from the Rodent Research Unit, Mekelle University, Mekelle, in Ethiopia.
Rats are a problem in African farming and are responsible for about a quarter of crops lost in the field and during storage, with each rat, on average, consuming 35 grams of grain per week. The team’s solution is based on farmers’ traditional practices of using certain tubers and plants to deter rodents and plug their burrows. Detailed research in the lab and field f
6th Oct, 2020
Does Your Sustainability Reporting Start At The Source?
Sustainability reporting requires a lot of work, and it's only going to get more difficult over time as communities expect more from businesses and businesses demand more from themselves. That's where AtSource comes in, and why it's always getting better. AtSource CEO Roel Van Poppel explains…
The sustainability challenges facing our world and the efforts to meet them are immense. A variety of entities monitor and rate the activities of large businesses, including those in the food and agri-business industries. In fact, because their supply chains touch the farthest, most remote, and often the poorest communities on the planet, much is expected from them concerning how their operations impact and improve health, environmental, financial, and social well-being. Read more
5th May, 2021
Greater urgency and partnership are needed to kick-start a smallholder farmer recovery stuck on pause
The tidal impact of COVID-19 has resulted in humanitarian and economic consequences that have been felt across the globe. The progress made against the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly towards no poverty and zero hunger, has been seriously hampered since the pandemic took hold over one year ago. Hard-won gains such as reducing childhood stunting actually stand to be reversed.
An Olam-conducted survey of over 3,400 farmers across 19 countries has shown the impact smallholder farmers have seen to their incomes, livelihoods and their communities as changes and disruptions have been felt across global food and agricultural supply chains. Read the article by Julie Greene, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, on Agri-Pulse and read our Farmer Barometer report here.
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