Associated British Foods

Associated British Foods is a diversified international group operating across food, ingredients and retail. Its businesses span grocery, sugar, agriculture, ingredients manufacturing and clothing retail, and its stated purpose is to provide safe, nutritious and affordable food as well as clothing that offers great value for money. The group employs 138,000 people and operates in 56 countries, serving customers in more than 100 countries and working with suppliers in a wider set of markets still.

The group's activities are spread across Europe, Southern Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Its operating divisions comprise Grocery, Sugar, Agriculture, Ingredients and a retail business selling clothing. Across these, the group reports a long-term approach to building sustainable growth, a focus on generating cash and delivering strong returns from its businesses, and a sustainability agenda directed at issues where it considers it can make a difference.

Operations of this scale and geographic spread - manufacturing, agricultural supply chains, food processing and multi-market retail - engage with regulatory, commercial and trade frameworks in each of the jurisdictions in which the group works.