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Wilmar International Limited〔http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=WIL:SP〕 founded in 1991, is Asia’s leading agribusiness group. It ranks amongst the largest listed companies by market capitalisation on the Singapore Exchange, being the second largest as of the September of 2010. It is a Singaporean investment holding company that provides management services to its 400+ subsidiary companies.〔http://www.wilmar-international.com/investor/annualreports/2009/Wilmar_International_Limited_2009_Annual_Report.pdf〕 It is also ranked 252nd in the Fortune Global 500 list in 2015.〔http://fortune.com/global500/wilmar-international-252/〕 Wilmar International business activities include oil palm cultivation, edible oils refining, oilseeds crushing, consumer pack edible oils processing and merchandising, specialty fats, oleochemicals, and biodiesel manufacturing, and grains processing and merchandising. It has over 450 manufacturing plants and an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries. The Group is backed by a multinational workforce of over 92,000 people. Wilmar's merchandising and processing segment encompasses merchandising of palm oil and laurics-related products, operations of palm oil processing and refinery plants and crushing, further processing and refining of a range of edible oils, oilseeds, grains and soyabean. Its consumer products segment has an oil-bottling business in the People's Republic of China, Vietnam and Indonesia. Its plantation and palm oil mills segment engages in oil palm cultivation and milling. Other segments include manufacturing and distribution of fertiliser and ship-chartering services. In 2012, Wilmar was named the world's least environmentally friendly company by US news magazine Newsweek.〔(Rankings 2012: Global Companies http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/22/newsweek-green-rankings-2012-global-500-list.html )〕 Due to their poor environmental performance they were excluded〔(Aftenposten: Oljefondet kvittet seg med «verdens verste selskap» (in Norwegian) )〕 in 2013 from The Government Pension Fund of Norway, the largest stock owner in Europe.〔(Sindre Heyerdahl, E24. "OLJEFONDETS GIGANTTAP PÅ AKTIV FORVALTNING: Mener Gjedrem bløffer om investeringene" (in Norwegian). )〕 On 5 December 2013, Wilmar committed to a (No Deforestation, No Peat & No Exploitation Policy ) for both its own operations and third party suppliers.〔http://www.climateadvisers.com/tft-and-climate-advisers-welcome-wilmars-transformative-policies-to-protect-forests-and-people/〕 It promised to stop buying from suppliers who cleared forest, drained peat land, or exploited locals.〔http://grist.org/food/48-hours-that-changed-the-future-of-rainforests/〕 This was lauded as a transformational step towards responsible and sustainable palm oil development.〔http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/wilmar-no-deforestation-commitment-food-production〕 Preliminary analysis estimates that Wilmar’s commitment will eliminate more than 1.5Gt CO2 emissions in total between now and 2020.〔http://www.climateadvisers.com/the-climate-impact-of-wilmars-no-deforestation-no-peat-no-exploitation-policy/〕 ==Leadership== The founder of Wilmar International was Martua Sitorus from Indonesia. The Chairman is Kuok Khoon Hong. Forbes named Hong the third richest person in Singapore in 2009. Martua Sitorus was the 2nd richest person in Indonesia in 2009.〔( Kuok Khoon Hong on Singapore's 40 Richest (2009) ) Forbes 9.9.2009〕〔(Martua Sitorus on Indonesia's 40 Richest (2009) ) Forbes 2.12.2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilmar International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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