How ofi Embeds Regenerative Agriculture in its Supply Chains

ofi’s operations focus on supplying natural food and beverage ingredients and solutions across 50 countries globally.

In 2024, it announced its sustainability strategy, Choices for Change, which focuses on building resilient and sustainable ingredient supply chains.

It has published its first Choices for Change Impact Report, reporting its progress against its 2030 milestone targets and commitments.

ofi’s sustainability targets

ofi’s report discusses the company’s work on farmer livelihoods, living income, protecting human rights and environmentally friendly sourcing.

In 2025, its climate targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

The company is committed to cutting its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% and its Scope 3 emissions by 30% by 2030, from a 2020 baseline.

These targets will help it achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

ofi operates circular biomass boilers in its cocoa, coffee and dairy facilities to cut processing emissions.

These use by-products such as cocoa shells and spent coffee grounds to generate steam and reduce emissions, helping to deliver lower-carbon ingredients to customers.

Between 2024 and 2025, these boilers reduced carbon emissions by 70% at ofi’s New Zealand dairy facility and 27% at its German cocoa site.

A. Shekhar, Executive Director and CEO of ofi, says: “ofi’s inaugural Choices for Change Impact Report reflects decades spent building a deep origin footprint – investing in long-term farmer relationships, local teams and digital traceability.

“Across cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices, our integrated sourcing and ingredient manufacturing capabilities enable us to offer reliable, sustainable choices and demonstrate the impact highlighted in this report.”

Supporting global farmers

ofi sources its ingredients from 2.75 million farmers around the world.

In 2025, it offered livelihood support to 574,000 farmer households and 202,000 farmer households received a living income.

This was driven by sharp increases in the price of cocoa and coffee, which enabled ofi to make significant progress on its living income targets.

Roel van Poppel, CSO at ofi, writes on LinkedIn: “Last year, more farmers in our supply chains reached a living income than ever before, but we don’t believe this is a reason for celebrating yet.

“The bigger goal is stronger farmer livelihoods over time. On the areas ofi can influence, we’re acting with customised, data-led support that can help lift productivity, improve access to finance and markets and support income beyond a single crop. And again, we believe farmer livelihood to be a baseline condition to address other sustainability risks throughout our supply chains.

“But no single company can secure a resilient income for more farmers on its own. It needs system-wide support and collaboration. That means: food and beverage brands who invest in resilience, policies that reward long-term investment in farmer livelihoods and hold the whole market to one standard and development funding to reach farmers beyond any one supply chain, which is exactly the type of funding now under challenge.”

Regenerative agriculture

As its ingredients rely on healthy soils and stable climates, ofi focuses on protecting nature throughout its supply chain.

It encourages its suppliers to implement regenerative agriculture practices to help restore soil, water and biodiversity while reducing harmful environmental practices.

ofi aims to deepen the adoption of regenerative agriculture through targeted farmer support and integration into customer partnerships.

Its regenerative agriculture toolkit is in place across all of its supply chains.

In 2025, it distributed 16.9 million beneficial trees, exceeding its target of 15 million.

ofi also has deforestation action plans in place across 100% of its high-risk supply chains, meeting its 2025 target.