Sustainability
Sustainability is central to our business model
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for all value chain stakeholders: our people, our partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us.
Caring For People
LDC’s approximately 18,000 employees are active in more than 100 countries around the world. It’s our priority to ensure their safety, wellbeing and continued development, by promoting a work environment that encourages safe behaviors, respect for diversity and human rights, and equal opportunities to learn and grow.
Working with Partners
Recognizing that we can have a greater impact by working with others, we leverage our position as a leading agricultural merchant and processor to make a positive difference in our value chains, learning from, training and creating change with others through collaboration and partnerships
Investing in Communities
We invest in the development and resilience of local communities living close to our operations around the world, encouraging our employees to support and volunteer in their communities, wherever they live and work
Protecting the Environment
We are committed to helping sustain a growing population while respecting our planet’s finite natural resources.
To minimize the environmental impact of our activities, we continually monitor the way we operate to identify gaps, inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement along the value chain.
Responsible Supply Chain
Our highly committed teams work continually to boost sustainability within their respective value chains, leveraging our leading position to promote the adoption of our sustainability policies and standards among suppliers.
Sustainability in Colombia
We work on initiatives both internally and with various partners in our coffee supply chain, to make them more sustainable. Our agronomists train an average of more than 2,000 coffee farmers a year, helping them obtain Rainforest Alliance Certification TM (Rainforest Alliance Certification TM) and promoting compliance with the CAFÉ Practices verification standard. LDC promotes the development of good agricultural practices, as well as the implementation of tools and new technologies in the production process.
More information about Coffee Sustainability in Colombia
About the sustainable commercialization of vegetable oils, we work on the inclusion of national palm producers in the international sustainable palm markets, promoting certifications such as ISCC and RSPO, and increasing traceability at the extractor level (TTM) and at the of plantation (TTP). In addition, we joined to the Zero Deforestation Agreement, accompanying our suppliers in the process of guaranteeing a sustainable oil to our global customers.
More information about our global focus on La Palma Sustainability
Transforming Tomorrow Today
Sustainability Reporting
At LDC, we are committed to contributing to the global effort to provide sustenance for a growing global population, working with our partners to create fair and sustainable value across the food chain.
To ensure that we continue to improve, we set sustainability targets across our business and report on our progress regularly, through reports that detail how we have performed.
Our annual sustainability reports also highlight key successes and challenges, and set out LDC’s forward-looking focus to deliver on our commitments to sustainability and transparency.
Explore our latest sustainability report