2023 Sustainability Report
Discover our 2023 sustainability report
Advancing progress towards sustainable agriculture
In a rapidly changing world, COFCO International is building momentum on its sustainability commitments, as climate, biodiversity and resource scarcity challenges combine to create unprecedented supply challenges for food and agricultural production.
Welcome to our 2023 Sustainability Report. This year, we present our new sustainability strategy, as we begin the next ambitious phase of our journey towards meeting tomorrow’s demand responsibly, while creating value for our stakeholders. We will explore opportunities and progress across three priorities encompassing all our material topics: Protecting the Earth, Empowering people, Championing values.
By stepping up our efforts to conserve nature and protect the climate and environment, empower people, and champion our values, we aim to make further progress over the next ten years and beyond.
We ask all our stakeholders to join us in making long-lasting progress on sustainable agriculture, farmer livelihoods and food systems. Together, we will produce food in a way that helps to mitigate climate change and promotes global food security.
Strategic Objectives
Upholding standards
Upholding standards
Create value and balance stakeholder interests by good corporate governance, compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and ensuring the quality and safety of our products.
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Good Governance & Compliance -
Product Quality & Safety
Sustainability policy
Taking care of our people
Taking care of our people
Recognise people as the driving force behind our business by respecting their (human and labour) rights, providing a safe and healthy work environment, and offering employees opportunities to develop their potential and excel.
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Respect for Human & Labour Rights -
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Talent Attraction & Retention
Sustainability policy
Managing our environmental impact
Managing our environmental impact
Mitigate the environmental impact of our operations by monitoring and optimising our resource efficiency, applying responsible agricultural (production) practices and minimising waste generation.
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Responsible Agricultural Production -
Water management -
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Energy efficiency & Reduction of Emissions
Sustainability policy
Connecting supply & demand responsibly
Connecting supply & demand responsibly
Manage our supply chains in an efficient, responsible and sustainable way by mitigating possible environmental and social risks – including biodiversity and deforestation – sharing best practices and achieving partnerships, and by reducing impact on natural resources and increasing agricultural productivity through (agricultural) innovation.
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Sustainable Agricultural Sourcing -
(Agricutural) Innovation
Sustainability policy
Building strong communities
Building strong communities
Have a positive impact on the communities where we work and live; empower underprivileged people to improve their future within the context of international agribusiness, through community engagement, partnerships and programs.
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Community engagement
Sustainability policy
Our strategic objectives in detail
Upholding standards
Our values steer the direction of our company based on transparent governance and effective risk management, contributing to the long-term confidence of our stakeholders.
Taking care of our people
We want our employees to grow with us. This means standing up for their rights and equal opportunities, while also ensuring safe and healthy workplaces.
Managing our environmental impact
We strive to reduce our environmental impact as we work towards meeting the food demand of a rapidly growing global population.
Connecting supply and demand responsibly
We work with our suppliers and other stakeholders to build efficient and sustainable supply chains, while promoting environmentally and socially sound agricultural practices whenever we can.
Building strong communities
We partner closely with communities in which we work and live to make a positive impact - growing together, side by side.
Our policies
COFCO International's formalised policies are an integral part of our company-wide sustainability approach.
Sustainability Reporting
We publish annual sustainability reports outlining progress made towards our mission to meet rising demand for food in a sustainable way.
Our partnerships and memberships
Collaboration is key to better understand and sensitively address the diverse and complex sustainability challenges we face as a company and as an industry.
