Singapore is the regional hub of Cargill in Asia-Pacific. We established our Singapore office in 1981 and today our team in Singapore comprises 500 employees. Three of Cargill’s business units are headquartered in Singapore alongside a number of regional and global trading desks.

Our activities

Cargill’s business activities conducted from Singapore comprise:

• Animal Nutrition: Provimi, a world leader in animal nutrition, has its regional headquarters in Singapore. Cargill acquired Provimi in November 2011.
• Grain and Oilseeds: We trade and market wheat, soybeans, corn, soybean meal and other minor feed ingredient, providing cost effective access to Asian markets for Cargill products originated around the world. We also lead the development and execution of distinctive business solutions for grain and oilseeds customers in Asia. Singapore is the headquarters of Cargill’s Grain and Oilseeds Asia business, enabling us to capture emerging opportunities in intra-Asia trade flows.
• Palm Oil: Singapore is home to the headquarters of Cargill’s Tropical Oils Asia business unit. We own and operate oil palm plantations and mills in South Sumatra and West Kalimantan, Indonesia, producing high quality crude palm oil and palm kernel from fresh fruit bunches grown on our own plantations and sourced from local smallholders. The Singapore headquarters provides functional and operational guidance to our Indonesian palm operations that cover close to 55,000 hectares and employ about 10,000 people.
• Food Ingredients: We market a variety of food ingredients and systems to customers across the region. These include starches and sweeteners, specialties like health promoting ingredients and texturizers as well as cocoa and chocolate. Toshoku’s trading office in Singapore sources processed food, food ingredients, food chemicals and packaging materials for its customers in Japan and other parts of the world.
• Energy: We serve a diverse range of energy customers to meet their trading, risk management and supply chain management needs. Out of Singapore, our market capabilities include coal, petrochemicals and transport fuels.
• Metals: Singapore is the global headquarters for the metals business unit. We buy, sell, transport, process and distribute a range of products including raw materials and steel products. We also provide market access and execution services, as well as liquidity and risk management solutions.
• Ocean Transportation: We serve the bulk shipping needs of our commodity businesses and third markets across all dry market segments and tankers. We also provide freight trading, chartering, trade execution as well as risk management services to customers.
• Risk Management: We are a dedicated provider of agricultural and energy risk management solutions. We also develop over-the-counter risk management products tailored to the individual customer’s risk profile.
• Trade & Structured Finance: We provide Cargill’s commodity suppliers and customers with financial solutions. We provide cross-border funding structures and the management of transferability and convertibility risks. We also leverage Cargill’s international trade flows to create trade structures that provide funding to emerging market-based financial institutions and corporations. In addition, we run a proprietary trading group focused on foreign exchange, credit and interest rates in the global emerging markets.

Our independently managed subsidiaries Black River Asset Management and CarVal Investors also have a presence in Singapore:

• Black River Asset Management is a global asset management company that provides qualified investors with alternative investment strategies across a wide range of developed and emerging markets.
• CarVal Investors is a leading global alternative investment fund manager focused on distressed and credit-intensive assets and market inefficiencies.

A good corporate citizen

Everywhere around the world, we are committed to conducting our business with the highest levels of integrity, accountability and responsibility. Our businesses and employees are actively engaged in giving back to the local community where we live, work and do business.

In Singapore, we focus on implementing programs to support education and nutrition. We support a wide range of community activities including:

• Apex Club Bukit Timah: We sponsor, distribute and deliver food rations to low income elderly individuals and families. This is one of Cargill’s longest partnerships in Singapore established in 2003.
• Breadline Group: We provide financial assistance to needy families under the Breadline Group.
• Care Corner Educational Therapy Service: We provide monetary support to children with special learning needs for tailored tuition programs. Our employees also volunteer to read to these children.
• Grace Orchard School: We organize workshops and activities for children with mild intellectual disabilities and mild autism spectrum disorders. We also provide monetary assistance to support the on-going activities at the school.
• Junior Achievement Award Singapore: We provide monetary support to the Junior Achievement Awards organization that aims to inspire and prepare young people on vital life skills including work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Our employees also volunteer as teachers and coaches.
• Pertapis Children’s Home: We provide financial support to the Pertapis Children’s Home, enabling abused and neglected children to have access to tutors throughout the school year.
• Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Singapore: Cargill supports SIFE, an international non-profit organization which mobilizes university students to become responsible business leaders. We were a silver level sponsor in 2009 and 2010 and a gold level sponsor in 2011. We also participate as judges at the annual forum and speak at SIFE events.

Key awards and achievements

2011	Distinguished Defence Partner Award
2010	Distinguished Defence Partner Award Biannual Singapore Health Award Biannual Work-Life Excellence Award
2009	Distinguished Defence Partner Award
2008	Distinguished Defence Partner Award Biannual Singapore Health Award Biannual Work-Life Excellence Award
2007	Meritorious Defence Partner Award
2006	Meritorious Defence Partner Award Biannual Singapore Health Award Biannual Work-Life Excellence Award

The Meritorious Defence Partner Award and the Distinguished Defence Partner Award are given by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) in recognition of efforts in supporting national defence.

The biannual Singapore Health Award is given by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) to recognize efforts in maintaining workplace health.  

The biennial Work-Life Excellence Award is given by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to recognize work-life balance initiatives.