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COFCO International launches first sustainability report

26 June 2018

GENEVA, Switzerland – COFCO International today launched its first sustainability report. Titled ‘meeting tomorrow’s demand’, the report outlines the company’s progress in 2017 made towards its vision of becoming a world-class agri-business positioned to provide the food the world needs in a responsible way.

CEO Keynote Speech at FT Commodities Global Summit 2018

21 March 2018

Johnny Chi, CEO of COFCO International, delivered the keynote speech at the 2018 FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland on 20 March.

New management structure to support growth strategy

5 March 2018

COFCO International today announced the appointment of Selina Yang, previously Global Head of Grains and Oilseeds, as its new Chief Operating Officer.

COFCO International completes seeds divestment

7 February 2018

COFCO International has completed the divestment of Nidera Seeds

COFCO International to divest seeds business

6 November 2017

COFCO International has entered into an agreement to sell its Nidera Seeds business to Syngenta.

COFCO International appoints Jing Wu as new CFO

27 September 2017

COFCO International has appointed Jing Wu as its new Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect.

Responsible Footprint Initiative

15 May 2017

As part of our efforts to connect supply and demand responsibly – as well as managing our environmental impact - COFCO International is working with producers to measure and validate the carbon footprint of its coffee supply chains in Brazil and Colombia, two of the world’s major producing counties.

Nidera seeds sells global sorghum portfolio

10 May 2017

Nidera Seeds, together with Chromatin Inc., a US based company focused on sorghum seeds, announced Chromatin’s purchase of Nidera Seeds’ global sorghum portfolio. The sale includes Nidera’s sorghum assets, including its commercial sorghum products, research and development pipeline, associated intellectual property, inventory, and numerous market authorizations.