Be the change for good food and a healthy future

This is our Purpose. To source, grow and produce ingredients that are good for consumers, farmers and the world around us. But this requires a collaborative approach. Discover how we are tackling the many challenges facing agriculture and how we can help you create real impact.

The push for sustainability is built into the ofi business model. From our offices to our farms and third-party supply chains, we’re monitoring and taking action across issues as diverse as farmer poverty, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. By working with ofi, you can make progress towards your sustainability commitments and help create real change for people and planet. 

 

For our customers, our global scale, integrated supply chains, and presence across many origins means we offer:

  • Management of supply chain risks and disruptions

  • Security of supply and superior traceability

  • Extensive on-the-ground sustainability programs 

 

We base our approach to sustainability on our comprehensive Sustainability Framework. It has 10 priority areas with specific goals and targets that are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Global Compact. We report on these in our annual reports. Our cocoacoffee and hazelnut product platforms have also launched public goals.

Business practices informed and inspired by purpose

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How technology supports our drive for sustainability

Technology is at the heart of our drive for sustainability. Tools include:

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AtSource

Olam’s revolutionary sustainability insights platform for agricultural supply chains, ​purposefully created to demonstrate social and environmental impact and drive change for farmers, communities and ecosystems.​

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Olam Direct

Our industry-leading platform that will give those currently beyond our buying stations direct access to advice, financing, supplies, and sales. It empowers farmers to get prices and transact with our teams rather than going through intermediaries, which yields not only higher prices for farmers but cost savings on their expenses.

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OFIS

The Olam Farmer Information System (OFIS) allows our field staff to collect data, record GPS data points for farms and social infrastructure, manage training activities, and track all "first mile" transactions including financing, input distribution, and crop purchases.

Explore sustainability

Find out more about the ofi approach to sustainability:

Priority Areas

Read more about our Sustainability Framework including 10 Priority Areas that cover all aspects of our operations.

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Responsible and sustainable sourcing

Our approach to responsible and sustainable sourcing is based on cultivating strong relationships, robust policies and using technology effectively.

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Sustainability with AtSource

Global food systems face huge challenges. AtSource, the award-winning sustainability insights platform, gives you the information you need to understand and do more.

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Innovation & Technology

Technology has a vital role to play in helping us transform agricultural supply chains for the better. Here’s how we’re making the most of it.

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Grievance

If you have concerns, we’d like to know.

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Reporting

Documenting our sustainability progress.

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Read ofi news

Blog Mar 8, 2023

Be the change: How women in Ghana are pioneering a more prosperous future for cocoa growing communities

International Women's Day is a moment to celebrate the progress toward achieving gender equality and women's empowerment. But it's also a chance to reflect and consider what still needs to be done to help achieve gender parity worldwide.

 

Take cocoa production, for example. On average, women earn only 21% of the income that men do1. At ofi, as part of our Cocoa Compass sustainability ambition and as a signatory to the UN Women's Empowerment Principles, we've been promoting gender equality in our cocoa supply chain for many years. I'll explain three ways we've approached this where I'm from, in Ghana.

News Aug 17, 2022

How can companies implement effective workforce nutrition programs? 

By Clara Tessler, Nutrition & Health Manager, ofi

 

Malnutrition and poor health around the world continue to negatively impact businesses as result of working days lost to illness and reduced workforce productivity.

 

As well as benefiting employees, investments by companies in health and wellbeing can lead to better employee engagement, reduced absenteeism and higher performance and productivity.

 

We want to create an environment where employees want to come to work every day – it’s in everyone’s best interest.

 

To that end, at ofi we’ve set a goal that by 2030, everyone in our primary workforce will have access to nutrition support. This is the goal we are working towards to ensure the health and wellbeing of all our employees, driven by our purpose to be the change for good food and healthy future.

 

In 2021, with support from the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), ofi began the roll-out of the Workforce Nutrition Alliance’s Workforce Nutrition Scorecard to assess our baseline and develop or strengthen workplace nutrition programs that tackle issues related to malnutrition across our worksites globally. This includes initiatives across four pillars: healthy food at work, nutrition education, nutrition-focused and breastfeeding support, and resources for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.

 

Discover more from my discussion with GAIN and the Consumer Goods Forum in the Healthier Lives podcast:

Press Release Mar 21, 2023

ofi announces retirement of Gerard Manley

Company and industry veteran retires after a stellar career spanning over 25 years with the company and 40 years in the industry

 

ofi, a global leader in naturally good food and beverage ingredients, today announced that the CEO of its cocoa business, and the group’s Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), Gerard Manley, will retire at the end of June 2023.

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