About us
About us

Since 1851, we’ve played a vital role in nourishing the world’s population.
Securing food supplies in a changing world
Our business
Our business

We excel at cultivating agricultural goods from farm to fork.
Ensuring quality is maintained every step of the journey
Sustainability
Corporate responsibility

Concern for the environment and the communities in which we operate is embedded in the way we do business.
Fostering sustainable and responsible business practices
Investors & media
Investors & media

Our commitment to responsible practices and in-depth market knowledge has brought us among the market leaders in many of the areas in which we operate.
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Careers
Careers

Ca. 17,000 employees from over 90 countries, represent our multicultural diversity.
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Our stories
Our stories

Discover a selection of stories featuring our business, people and heritage.
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About us
- At a glance
- Our values
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  - Supervisory Board
  - Our Leadership
- Locations
- Our heritage
Our business
- Farm to Fork
- Our Platforms
  - Coffee
  - Cotton
  - Dairy
  - Freight
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  - Juice
  - Oilseeds
  - Rice
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- Regional footprint
  - Europe, Middle East & Africa
  - North America
  - South & West Latin America
  - North Latin America
  - South & Southeast Asia
  - North Asia
- Biosev
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Sustainability
- Overview
- Key Issues
  - Climate Change
  - Environment
  - Human Rights
  - Safety
- Sustainable Supply Chain
  - Sustainable Palm Oil
  - Sustainable Cotton
  - Sustainable Coffee
  - Sustainable Juice
  - Sustainable Soy
- Sustainability Reporting
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- Why work for us?
  - Making a difference on a world stage
  - Culture & values
  - Learning and development
- Professional areas
  - Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
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- Meet our people
- Commitment to sustainability
- Graduates
  - Global Graduate Program
  - Professional programs for graduates
  - Graduate recruitment process
  - Do you have what it takes?
- Search & apply
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Our stories
- Our roots
  - Part 1: From Alsace to Basel, and further afield
  - Allenberg Cotton – from cobblestoned streets to global trading floors
  - A globally local company
  - The coffee story: how goats discovered the coffee bean
  - Part 3: The seed that fed humanity: Its global presence
  - Part 2: The seed that fed humanity: Revolution in modern agriculture
  - Part 1: The seed that fed humanity: Wheat’s humble origins
  - Part 3: Into the new millennium
  - Part 2: Into the uncharted waters of the Industrial Revolution
  - A Freight-full history of the Food Business
- On the horizon
  - Becoming the value chain
  - LDC ranks among FORTUNE's 2019 "World's Most Admired Companies"
  - Creating fair and sustainable value
  - Juice Sustainability Report 2017
  - Interview with the Food Innovation team
  - Annual Report 2017: improved results and strategy for the future
  - Developing food innovation
  - Curbing Food Waste
  - Climate change: our social responsibility and commercial imperative
  - One Belt, One Road
  - Forward-facing: the future of the Cotton industry
  - Preparing for our future, today
- Our people
  - 5 Minutes with… Ana, Grains and Oilseeds FP&A Manager
  - LDC Asia wins Bronze at 2017 HR Excellence Awards
  - A workplace for life still exists
  - Women in trading: meet Clara!
  - Brazil, India, South Africa – Gabriel’s career at LDC
  - LDC celebrates its 9th annual Safety Day
  - For Pedro, coffee is part of the national identity
  - Half a century with LDC!
  - How life on a farm led to work in a global company. Meet Tammy
  - 5 mins with…Paula, IT Head of Trading, Operations & Customer Services
  - 5 Minutes with… Lola, Chief Financial Officer for China
  - Keeping people safe as part of the job
  - Customer-centricity – more than just a trend
  - Across generations: Our lives at Maison Louis-Dreyfus
  - 5 minutes with Kim, Global Head of Research for the Grains Platform
  - 5 minutes with… Paloma, Coffee Sustainability Coordinator in Brazil
  - 5 minutes with… Lea, Oilseeds Trader
  - 5 minutes with Pinar, the rocket scientist in charge of transformation
  - 5 minutes with… Mik, Head of the Coffee Platform
- In the field
  - Going with the grain: Facts and history
  - LDC contributes towards India’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign
  - A tour of LDC’s assets along the “Ol’ Man River”
  - Corporate responsibility in commodity trading
  - Blockchain - Buzzword or the future of commodities transactions?
  - Training helps Vietnamese farmers grow coffee sustainably
  - LDC joins the Sustainable Shipping Initiative
  - Our Cotton Platform: 10 years in India
  - A soybean’s saga
  - Meet Rozenn, in charge of coffee sustainability
  - LDC commits funds for World Coffee Research
  - A journey of cotton, from field to fabric
  - Toward a sustainable coffee value chain
  - LDC and partners use blockchain to achieve full traceability
  - The world’s golden staple foods
  - LDC and JDE team up to support Indonesian coffee farmers
  - A Juicy Tale
  - Protecting the “Kingdom of Coffee” in Vietnam
  - The Week that Changed the World
  - The voyage from grove to glass
  - 15 Facts about Freight
  - From Fire Corps to LDC
  - LDC’s sustainability efforts – inseparable from corporate strategy
  - The Connected Farmer: how technology transforms agriculture
  - Our Juice activities: Growing steadily and sustainably
  - Producing coffee for future generations
  - Our commitment to sustainable Palm Oil production
  - The coffee journey – from tree to cup
  - From farm to fork
  - The Global Merchant
  - Inside look at Sugar Refining in Fujian
  - 15 Facts About Rice – From Paddy to Plate
  - The Journey of Sugar – From Mill to Market
  - A look into LDC’s Juice hub in Europe
  - Celebrating coffee at work and at home
  - LDC’s General Lagos plant celebrates a quarter century
  - Indonesian grandmother farms coffee for the future
  - “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee”
  - The journey of Cotton – from field to fabric
  - From tree to cup
  - Using DNA to trace cotton on its worldwide journey
  - New Soy Sustainability Policy
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