Management Messages
Throughout our 175-year history, LDC has prioritized an agile mindset that enables our business to embrace change, anticipate challenges to remain future-ready, and develop in step with our evolving context, as a matter of competitive advantage. That’s why we continue transforming our business to keep pace with today’s rapidly changing realities.”
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Group Chairperson
Leveraging our proven risk management expertise, extensive global network and diversified business portfolio, we successfully navigated a complex and uncertain landscape to deliver robust results for 2025 and create value for our stakeholders, while advancing our strategic intention to position LDC as an increasingly integrated, diversified, innovative and sustainable food, feed, fibers and ingredients company.
Michael Gelchie
Chief Executive Officer
2025 Year at a Glance
In 2025, LDC expanded its origination, logistics and processing capabilities across multiple geographic regions, both in core merchandizing activities and downstream business lines.
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Financial Performance
In an increasingly challenging global business context, LDC delivered resilient financial results in 2025.
Net Sales
US$53.2 billion
US$50.6 billion for the year 2024
Volumes
up 10.6%
year on year
EBITDA
US$1,831 million
US$1,883 million for the year 2024
Capital Expenditure
US$1,986 million
US$1,005 million for the year 2024
How We Create Value
LDC harnesses resources and leverages its expertise to keep essential food, feed, fibers and ingredients supply chains moving, working continuously to offer integrated, diversified and sustainable products and solutions, as a trusted partner across food and agriculture production chains.
Sustainability Performance
Sustainability is part of the fabric of our business model, recognizing that it is fundamental to ensure resilient operations and supply chains over the long term. Our sustainability framework focuses on three key pillars: Protecting the Climate, Stewarding the Land and Empowering People. This approach addresses socio-environmental risks inherent to our business activities and supports the development of solutions for increasingly traceable and responsible supply chains.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did LDC perform financially in 2025?
LDC delivered resilient financial performance thanks to business and geographic diversification. In 2025, LDC’s net sales grew to S$53.2 billion, Segment Operating Results stood at US$2,256 million and EBITDA reached US$1,831 million.
What theme guided the LDC’s 2025 Integrated Report?
The theme for LDC’s 2025 Integrated Report is Integrated by Design, reflecting LDC’s strategic intention to position LDC as an increasingly integrated, diversified, innovative and sustainable food, feed, fibers and ingredients company.
What were LDC’s major strategic developments in 2025?
The Group’s capital expenditure, which reached US$1,986 million in 2025, drove the significant expansion of LDC’s origination, logistics and processing capacity across multiple geographic regions, both in core merchandizing activities and downstream business lines.
How did LDC progress on its sustainability strategy in 2025?
As a crucial enabler of business resilience over the long term, LDC continued to advance its three-pillared sustainability roadmap with a focus on protecting the climate (including through emissions reductions), stewarding the land (including through responsible sourcing and action to support adoption of regenerative agriculture practices) and empowering people, with progress across all three areas.
Where can I find LDC’s financial statements and detailed performance data?
LDC’s detailed 2025 financial statements and performance data is included in the 2025 Integrated Report, available for download here. You can also explore the Reports and Publications section of our website for more financial information.
Why is the Integrated Report shifting away from a focus on specific business lines?
LDC’s 2025 Integrated Report takes a ‘One LDC’ approach, reflecting our increasingly integrated and connected business model and company culture. This approach to reporting provides a more cohesive view of our performance and strategy, in line with the way we work to create value across value chains as one global Group.
Integrated by Design
For 175 years, LDC has worked to connect producers and consumers, originating, processing and transporting agricultural goods, from farms to homes worldwide. Discover how LDC continued to ensure the flow of essential food, feed, fibers and ingredients in 2025, guided by a purpose to create fair and sustainable value for the benefit of current and future generations.
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