Cargill China Wins US State Department Award for Corporate Excellence
November 12th, 2008 by Rich
Just a quote note to congratulate Cargill China for their recent Award for Corporate Excellence, from the US State Department. I have known their team for quite a while now, and as I have come to see their programs develop, it is encouraging to see that they have received this award… it speaks a lot to their efforts and their commitment to building programs that have an impact in China.
According to the press release, the key highlights of Cargill’s engagement in China include:
• Training more than 2 million Chinese farmers by sharing world-class crop nutrition, animal breeding and feeding technologies to increase productivity and animal health.
• Co-operating with China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) to establish a joint food safety management-training program.
• Launching the “Cargill Cares Rural Education Program” in cooperation with the China Children and Teenagers’ Foundation to renovate over 40 schools in rural areas; in 2008 the program will directly benefit 10,000 children.
• Enabling employee volunteering with 31 employee-led Cargill Cares Councils in 19 provinces. Over the past five years Cargill China employees contributed over 24,000 hours to community projects.
• Donating US$ 1.1 million for relief and rebuilding efforts to help the victims of the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province.
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