Investor Presentaiton
24 Cargill 2020 Annual Report
Coexistence of forests and
soy production
To understand where our food comes from has become
more important than ever, considering the current and future
demand for products produced with social-environmental
responsibility. As highlighted in our Forest Policy, we are
committed to ensuring that our supply chains are free from
deforestation. At Cargill, we seek transparency for each
link of the supply chain, including soy, the highest volume
agricultural product in our operations. We purchase grains
directly from farmers and indirectly from cooperatives, pro-
cessors and retailers.
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We operate with more than 15,000 soy producers in Brazil
- including smallholders to large rural owners. We work
side-by-side so that properties and communities achieve
economic, social and environmental resilience. We believe
that farmer prosperity makes the agribusiness more sustain-
able for all those involved.
Besides the mapping, which is done at all farms of direct
suppliers, we have procedures to prevent that soy planted
in restricted areas enters our supply chains. In the second
semester of 2020, 620 farms were blocked for being on
official lists, such as the IBAMA list of embargoed areas; we
analyzed another 258 properties to avoid the risk of triangu-
lation, i.e., rerouting of soy produced in restricted areas.
Soy and corn crop rotation
An advantage arising from the innovations brought to the
soy chain, farmers were encouraged to plant corn in the
soy fields, under rotation. Thanks to this initiative, winter
corn has been cultivate six times since 2002, leveraging
grain production in the country.
Transformational mindset
We act with distinct actors of the chain, such as producers,
clients, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public
organizations, which means dealing with different mindsets.
Transformational moments like the one we are currently
facing in the soy chain require that our teams have a deep
understanding of the needs and expectations of all these
groups, even on topics for which there is no consensus. The
change of mindset necessary for us to move forward with
Profile of the Cargill soy chain
Industrial production of soy
122.6 million
tons
72%
our sustainability vision implies achieving that both our team
as well as the members of the value chain assimilate the
complexity involving soy production.
In order to align our teams with this context, we carried out
the Learning Journey on Sustainable Soy program, a set of
webinars, over a two month period, on the social, environ-
mental and economic context of producing soy in Brazil,
Cargill's participation in the sector, stakeholder expectations
regarding sustainability and the technology and tools we use
to ensure our conformity.
We have a permanent work group that counts on the pres-
ence of leaders involved with soy, that meets monthly to
debate the most relevant issues brought by team members
about clients and regions in which we act.
Volume produced by the
direct Cargill chain
28%
Volume of the indirect
chain
Learn about our policies:
• Sustainable Soy Policy
• Forest Policy
• Commitment to Human RightsView entire presentation