Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products to people who need them all around the world. Cargill connects farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.   Cargill has 155,000 employees in 70 countries working every day to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way; and positively impact the communities where these employees live and work.

Purpose

to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way

Mission

Is to create distinctive value.

Approach

Is to be trustworthy, creative and enterprising.

Performance Measures

Are engaged employees, satisfied customers, enriched communities and profitable growth.

Customers they serve:

• Agriculture: the company buys, process and distributes grain, oilseeds and other commodities to makers of food and animal nutrition products. They also provide crop and livestock producers with products and services.
• Food: The Company provides food and beverage manufacturers, foodservice companies and retailers with high-quality ingredients, meat and poultry products, and health-promoting ingredients and ingredient systems.
• Financial: The Company provides their agricultural, food, financial and energy customers around the world with risk management and financial solutions.
• Industrial: Cargill serves industrial users of energy, salt, starch and steel products. They also develop and market sustainable products made from agricultural feedstocks.

Corporate Responsibility

Cargill is committed to operating responsibly across the agriculture, food, industrial and financial markets they serve as they pursue their goal of being the global leader in nourishing people.

Food Security

They are committed to nourishing the world’s growing population while at the same time protecting the planet. They are leveraging their leadership in food and agriculture to tackle the complex challenge of feeding the world.  

Food safety

They work with customers and partners to develop science-based solutions to promote food, feed and product safety to the same high standards globally.

Environmental sustainability

They minimize their environmental impact, pioneer new businesses using renewable raw materials and help customers reduce their impact on the environment.  Responsible supply chains

They partner with industry, governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local communities to help identify and encourage responsible and sustainable practices.