Cargill
Cargill's WebsiteHRC Corporate Equality Index Score: 100
About Us
Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, our privately held company employs 159,000 people in 68 countries.
We help customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and are committed to sharing our global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges.
Our history
Explore the roots of Cargill — 1865 to present day
Cargill has a long, rich heritage, starting with W. W. Cargill's first grain storage facility on the American frontier in 1865. The company has grown to become one of the largest, privately-owned businesses, providing food, agricultural, risk management, financial, and industrial products and services around the globe.
Culture
What is our impact on society and the environment?
Corporate responsibility is part of everything we do. It is a company-wide commitment to apply our global knowledge and experience to help meet complex economic, environmental and social challenges wherever we do business.
Four commitments anchor the hundreds of programs and initiatives we have underway at any given time. Explore them in this section:
Diversity
Global diversity and inclusion
Nourishing ideas, nourishing people
As Cargill has grown from a single grain elevator in the central United States to an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services, we have come to realize the importance of having aspirations that clearly communicate what we do: nourish ideas and nourish people.
Broadening our experiences
We also realize the importance of valuing differences. Our differences broaden our experience, further our competitive strengths, advance customer solutions and drive innovation. Employees who are better prepared for the social, cultural and technical demands of the global world in which we work are better citizens in the communities in which we live.
Valuing differences means business
It is important that all of our employees feel valued and respected regardless of gender, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation and politics as well as personal, work or communication style. At Cargill, we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences in our employees, our suppliers and our communities.
Employee councils
Employee resources groups are vital grassroots efforts that build awareness, understanding and mutual respect among coworkers. Employee resource groups provide members with opportunities to:
- Develop relationships
- Share ideas and information
- Network with other members
- Plan sponsored activities and events
- Address issues and concerns relevant to their group
- Receive support from top management
- Create change
- Add value to the overall Cargill goal
In North America, for example, the following employee resource groups are active:
- Asia America Alliance
- Celebrating Our Differences
- Hispanic-Latino Council
- Disability AWAREness Council
- Ebony Council, GROW
- Rainbow Alliance and the Women’s Council.
CEO Message
“I think great decisions come from great debates, and I think great debates are shaped by people that bring a variety of perspectives … Having the diversity that’s necessary for the quality of debate to be at the highest possible level is clearly a business imperative.”
Greg Page – Chairman and CEO
Careers
Why Cargill
“We’re offered the freedom to express ideas. To say,
‘I think maybe if we do it this way, it will work better’ —
to think outside the box.”
Gabriella – London, Ontario, Canada
Willard – Minneapolis, U.S.
"You can walk in the door at the beginning of the day without having to check any piece of your identity in order to fit in or to be accepted at Cargill."
Jody – Cargill Salt, U.S
