Olam Agro India Private Limited

Olam International was established in 1989 with 1 product in 1 country trading cashew from Nigeria into India. Today we are a leading agri-business operating from seed to shelf in 70 countries supplying food and industrial raw materials to over 16200 customers worldwide. Our team of 62500 full-time seasonal contract and temporary employees have built a leadership position in many businesses including cocoa coffee cashew riceand cotton. We have 47 different products across 16 platforms. Our Purpose – Growing Responsibly Olam is committed to responsible growth. We ensure profitable growth is achieved in an ethical socially responsible and environmentally sustainable manner. Only by ensuring this is an integral part of our business model can we deliver long-term value for all stakeholders. Olam is revolutionising seed to shelf supply chains through the Olam Sustainability Standard. Each step of Olam's value chain is being examined to identify and implement measures to sustainably deliver products across all of its geographies by 2020. Olam's initiatives in rural communities are one aspect of this and in 2010 The Olam Livelihood Charter (OLC) was launched to set a benchmark for projects that incorporate all 8 charter Principles of finance improved yield labour practices market access quality traceability social investment and environmental impact. Today we manage 36 OLC initiatives and another 160 beyond the programme from rural electrification and water facilities to building health centres and schools.