We are Cargill

At Cargill, we understand the work we do matters beyond where we clock in. We want every employee, candidate, supplier, and partner to feel welcome, valued and heard. Understanding that there is more that unites us as colleagues, friends, family, and neighbors than separates us as people. We’re committed to you and all the people who help us feed the world. This is core to who we are and what we value as a company. Together, we’ll connect to something greater.

We are proud of our role in the world and the breadth of influence we have as a global business. We understand our collective impact begins with our actions and is felt by our employees and our communities. From every level of our organization, we foster a true sense of allyship by welcoming, supporting, accepting and encouraging every person to be authentically themself. 

Workplace Safety

To achieve our purpose and feed a growing population, we need diverse perspectives at the table, so we can do our best work. That’s why we’re focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, creating an inclusive environment and removing barriers to ensure equitable access.

Nothing matters more than the safety and wellbeing of our people. To ensure a safe and healthy workplace, we continue building on foundational programs that have, over the past several years, contributed to significant improvements in our overall safety results. In fact, many of our traditional metrics are the best they’ve ever been. Yet safety is a journey and one that calls for continuous focus, dedication and commitment.

Cargill Business Resource Groups

Our Business Resource Groups are constantly driven by the idea of creating a healthy, happy and an enabling culture. They make up global, diverse populations and are consulted for perspective on a regular basis. One such BRG is Cargill Women’s Network (CWN) which empowers all women who work at Cargill by building advocacy and sponsorship of women globally, while advancing Cargill’s global gender parity aspirations. CWN aims at developing capabilities and competencies of women employees and play a catalytic role in building an inclusive environment in the Organization and Community. Some of the initiatives taken up by CWN last year were Unconscious Bias Sessions, Pranic Healing, Confluence CWNs Quarterly newsletter, Open House Sessions for Women to have freewheeling discussions and address parity issues as well as community development initiatives. 

Paradigm for Parity

In 2016 , Cargill CEO and Chairman David MacLennan joined a diverse group of current and former  CEOs and business leaders (27 CEOS) in launching the Paradigm for Parity? coalition, an organization committed to achieving gender parity across all levels of corporate leadership by 2030. Recognizing that achieving gender parity in its management ranks will take a continued effort, Cargill has already taken numerous measures to advance its efforts in recruiting, retaining, developing, and promoting women.

Paradigm for Parity? puts forward a five-point plan that will serve as a catalyst for change and boost progress towards gender parity by 2030. By joining Paradigm for Parity, Cargill signs on to that plan.  The five steps are:

• Eliminating or minimizing unconscious bias in the workplace.
• Significantly increasing the number of women in senior operating roles, with the near-term goal of at least 30 percent representation in all leadership groups.
• Measuring targets and maintaining accountability by providing regular progress reports.
• Basing career progress on business results and performance, rather than physical presence in the office.
• Providing sponsors, not just mentors, to women well positioned for long-term success.