Supporting the talents of tomorrow… At OLVEA, we firmly believe that the success of tomorrow depends on the investment we make in today’s youth. 🎓 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: this program, initiated in 2013, allows us to financially support and guide high school graduates from Fécamp during their first two years of higher education.…
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OLVEA publishes its fourth CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) performance report, which presents its achievements over the past year and its vision for a fair and sustainable future.
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𝐀 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!🐝 In June, some special “bee-siness” partners arrived at OLVEA. Stung by the desire to learn more and take concrete action, our team of volunteer employees warmly welcomed 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 bees into their new hives, becoming true beekeepers in the making! We are proud to contribute to the preservation of the ecosystem for…
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World Food Safety Day The challenge of health safety and product quality is paramount in the nutrition sector but also in cosmetics!). Regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction are our priorities: OLVEA, “From sources you can trust.” Recently, a strategic seminar was organized in order to engage our teams in an ambitious vision for OLVEA’s quality by 2025, based on two fundamental…
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For us, gender equality is not only a matter of numbers, but also a matter of corporate culture.
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OLVEA’s Foundation take intiatives for education in the various countries where the Group is established : literacy campaigns, distribution of school kits..etc
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Honored with the EcoVadis Platinum Medal for the second year in a row, OLVEA has been ranked in the top 1% of the most committed and advanced companies in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility!
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Charity association provided 800 school bags and supplies, encouraging children’s schooling and the fight school dropout.
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International day for Tolerance November 16th is International day for Tolerance. Established by the UN, the objective is to strengthen tolerance by promoting mutual understanding between cultures and people. At OLVEA, more than ten different nationalities work together. This diversity is important to us and part of our performance.
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For the third consecutive year, OLVEA publishes its Corporate Social Responsibility report, OLVEAct Now, which demonstrates OLVEA’s transparency and daily commitment to taking concrete action for a fairer and more sustainable world.
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Chaque année depuis 2013, le Fonds de Mécénat du Groupe OLVEA parraine et accompagne des bacheliers fécampois dans leurs études supérieures.
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The Odyssey of Hô – From June 29 to August 27, the famous cliffs of Fécamp will be adorned with a spectacular projection!
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To face the increasingly poor access to clean drinking water, MauritaVie, set up by OLVEA Mauritania’s employees, has carried out a water distribution campaign in Nouadhibou (Mauritania).
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Every act counts to protect this precious resource!
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The United Nations proclaimed March 21 as International Day of Forests to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and to ensure their sustainable production and consumption.
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A day dedicated to recognizing and supporting the importance that recycling plays in preserving our natural resources and securing the future of our planet!
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OLVEA Group involved its employees in the 𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 challenge during twelve weeks, in order to support the SNSM (Sea Rescue Organization) of Fécamp.
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OLVEA was pleased to participate in #GOEDExchange 2022 which took place in Florida from February 15th to 17th, 2022.
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To celebrate the Sponsorship’s 10th anniversary, 16 former high school students testified on the support they received thanks to OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund.
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The improvement actions carried out have been successful: the Small Pelagics FIP in Mauritania has been awarded with the grade of “A” from FisheryProgress!
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OLVEA is a committed operator in the vegetable and fish oils industries, which strives to Act for a more sustainable world on a daily basis. OLVEAct Now highlights the sustainable and responsible initiatives supported by OLVEA throughout its various activities.
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OLVEA innovates once again by creating the OLVEAct With Us, the first fair trade online calculator! This brand new tool allows you to calculate the social and environmental actions that you can contribute to, thanks to your purchases of products coming from OLVEA’s fair trade supply chains.
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OLVEA will be participating in Special Chem‘s Virtual Innovation Days and will be holding a webinar on Sustainability: « Enhance your brand recognition with True Sustainability ».
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For its very first action, which took place during the holy month of Ramadan, MauritaVie’s volunteers have donated solidarity baskets to many unpriviledged families in Nouadhibou (Mauritania).
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MauritaVie is a charity created in 2020 by OLVEA Mauritania’s employees to support collective social, cultural, educational and environmental actions in Mauritania.
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As a result of its commitment to responsible sourcing, OLVEA Fish Oils has once again renewed both its MSC and MarinTrust (formerly known as IFFO RS) Chain of Custody certifications!
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In 2019, for its fair trade Sesame seed oil supply chain (certified by Ecocert according to the Fair for Life standard), OLVEA worked with more than 3,850 sesame seed producers.
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OLVEA publishes OLVEAct Now, its first corporate social responsibility performance report. The OLVEAct Now report lists all of the Group’s CSR actions, initiatives and commitments, linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations, of which OLVEA has been a Global Compact signatory since 2015.
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Thanks to the Development Funds of our fair trade supply chains (FFL-certified), many community projects can emerge in the regions where we are located.
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OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund financed a new literacy campaign in Burkina Faso, in the Dissihn region, from March to July 2020. Since 2013, thanks to OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund, more than 800 people have been able to benefit from these campaigns and thus, to learn to read, write and count.
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OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund offered a “Hissons les voiles” (“Hoist the sails”) day, on board of the old rigging “MilPat”, on Tuesday 29th September, to a dozen people from the AHAPS.
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We are pleased to announce that OLVEA Fish Oils has renewed its Friend of the Sea certification! This certification attests that OLVEA’s fish oils come from responsibly and sustainably-managed fisheries, thus guaranteing the quality and traceability of our products.
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Marc Daudruy, former managing director of the OLVEA Group, passed away at the age of 78. He joined the family business in the 1970s and expanded its activities to include vegetable oils, allowing it to grow strongly.
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With the support of the OLVEA Group, its Philanthropic Fund financed the creation and implementation of marine debris containers, installed on Fécamp’s dike. These containers were inaugurated during the World Clean Up Day.
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OLVEA is daily committed to implement sustainable development within its supply chains not only by respecting local resources, but also by adding real social and economic values to local communities.
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The Sesame seeds have been sown in July and August in Burkina Faso, during the rainy season. The crops are now in full production and will be ready for harvest in October.
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In 2019, the development funds related to the fair-trade supply chains of TrueShea™ (Shea butter) and Sesame oil and Avocado oil were able to finance many environmental and social projects.
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OLVEA launches the TrueShea™ brand covering all its existing pure, sustainable and 100% natural Shea butters!
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Following an election process, OLVEA Vegetable Oils, represented by Philippe Garidou, our Sales Director, is happy to join the GSA Executive Committee! This new mission places OLVEA in a leading position to provide support and advice for the development of the strategic interests of the Shea industry and the practical necessities of its members.
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OLVEA has been a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact since 2015 and actively commits to sustainable development and to offering its clients sustainably-sourced products while preserving the future.
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Today is #EarthDay’s 50th birthday! This annual event celebrated worldwide aims to raise awareness and gather people around the same issue : environmental protection. OLVEA has been committed for years to preserving and respecting biodiversity. Our dedication is demonstrated on a daily basis, both through the reduction of the environmental impact of our production and through our sustainable development projects.
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OLVEA Green Technologies has thus obtained the Silver status by Ecovadis, less than 1,5 year after its start-up! 🥈 This score acknowledges OLVEA’s daily work and commitment in terms of sustainable development and Corporate Social Responsibility. With a score of 63/100, our “Silver” lever places us in the top 25% of companies assesed by Ecovadis.
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OLVEA is closely keeping abreast of the evolution of the COVID-19 virus and doing its utmost in order to ensure a full supply continuity for all of its customers. With 90 years of expertise in producing and sourcing multiple vegetable oils throughout the world, OLVEA is ideally positioned to secure its various supply chains in the weeks and months to come.
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OLVEA Green Technologies, our eco-refining plant, is now certified according to the FSSC 22000 standard (Food Safety System Certification), attesting of the reliability of its food safety management system and therefore of its permanent control of health hazards.
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OLVEA’s vegetable oils which are processed and refined in our eco-refinery OLVEA Green Technologies, have obtained the Kosher certification. This certification, delivered by the Orthodox Union guarantees that the products and their production comply with all the requirements of kashrut (the laws of kosher food).
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OLVEA is working with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), an environmental NGO, to support their work on sustainable fisheries. OLVEA is an SFP “Target 75 Champion“, meaning that we have joined the initiative to set the goal of seeing 75% or more of global seafood volumes in key sectors being produced in a sustainable manner, or improving towards sustainability, by 2020.
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OLVEA has been established in Burkina Faso for more than 10 years for its Shea butter production. OLVEA has recently developed a Sesame seed oil supply chain, which relies on OLVEA’s existing local network.
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OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund has financed a new literacy campaign in Burkina Faso, allowing the opening of 3 dedicated centres. 88 people were trained there for 4 months!
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OLVEA is a signatory member of the United Nations Global Compact since 2015 and thus, is committed to integrate and promote its 10 principles related to human rights, international labour standards, environment and anti-corruption.
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OLVEA’s website has had a makeover! Visit OLVEA’s new website and discover more about our activities, our latest developments and investments.
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OLVEA is proud to be part of the Solidarity Sourcing program of L’Oréal! We are indeed working with thousands of women producers in Burkina Faso in order to produce our conventional, organic and fair-trade Shea butters from sources you can trust.
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On Thursday 11th July, and as has been the case every year since 2013, OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund organised a ceremony to sign agreements to sponsor future graduates from the fécampois region.
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Last week, Christophe Godard joined the Global Compact France’s General Meeting. OLVEA has been a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact since 2015; it is the largest global initiative on social responsibility.
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For more than 10 years, OLVEA has been developing a Shea supply chain in Burkina Faso; it has recently been fair-trade certified according to Ecocert‘s Fair for Life standard. Every year, in order to produce its butter, OLVEA Burkina Faso buys Shea kernels directly from farmers’ organizations and women producers.
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OLVEA has been working for more than 10 years for the development of sustainable value chains, and is an historic partner of L’Oreal’s Solidarity Sourcing program with its Shea butter supply chains produced in Burkina Faso.
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From 2013 to 2018, OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund has financed 4 literacy campaigns in Burkina Faso, enabling 563 people to learn how to read, write and count.
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OLVEA has been working to empower women in rural areas of Burkina Faso and Morocco for years, through its supply chains, its Philanthropic Fund and its Moroccan charitable organization Marocavie.
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OLVEA has been working for women’s empowerment for years whether it be in france or africa, and especially in OLVEA’s sustainable Shea supply chain in Burkina Faso.
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Today, Monday, May 20th, is World bee day! From 2016 to 2018, OLVEA set up several public/private partnerships and engaged human and financial resources in order to develop a beeswax supply chain in West Africa.
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This assessment of companies’ CSR performance is based on 4 main themes: the environment, human rights and labor rights, ethics, and responsible purchasing policy.We are among the 5% of the top rated companies by Ecovadis!
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Today is #EarthDay, an annual event celebrated worldwide in order to support environmental protection. OLVEA Vegetable Oils has been committed for years to sustainable development and the reduction of the environmental impact of its production.
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OLVEA and IQI announced a new agreement that will see the two companies working together to improve the quality of both their businesses. As a global supplier of premium pet food ingredients, IQI is a household name in the pet food industry, whereas OLVEA is world-renowned for sourcing and refining of natural oils.
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For the twelfth consecutive year, OLVEA was present at In-Cosmetics Global, the largest international trade fair dedicated to the cosmetics industry. Thank you to everyone who came to meet our teams!
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OLVEA Fish Oils and OLVEA Green Technologies have obtained the GMP+ certification ; GMP+ B2 for our eco-refinery and GMP+ B1 for OLVEA Fish Oils.
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OLVEA will be exhibiting at the In Cosmetics 2019, held in Paris on April 2 – 4. Come to our stand E131 and discover our full range of vegetable oils and specialty ingredients!
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OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund ran a new literacy campaign in Burkina Faso last February, enabling 85 persons to learn to read, write and count. More than 500 people have benefited from these campaigns since their launch in 2013!
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[ #HAPPYBIRTHDAY ] Did you know? We’re proud to be 90 today! #OldButGold
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This year, OLVEA celebrates 90 years of experience and know-how! All the teams from OLVEA wish you a Happy New Year!
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December 20th is the International Solidarity Day! On this occasion, OLVEA’s Philanthropic Fund is launching its own website!
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Today is #AfricaIndustrializationDay! Learn more about it on the United Nations website.
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OLVEA is now For Life certified! This certification, in connection with our values and our CSR policy, ensures the responsible practices within our company.
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The purchase campaign of Shea kernels has started in Burkina Faso!OLVEA Burkina Faso buys its Organic & Fair-Trade Shea kernels directly from producers’ organizations, which commercialization, embodied by Collaboration Protocols, includes a fair and transparent remuneration for thousands of women producers in Burkina Faso.
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Today is World Sight Day. One of the best ingredients to take care of your retina is the DHA, an essential Omega 3. Fish Oils are rich in EPA/DHA, so don’t forget to take your fish oil supplements in order to improve your eyesight!
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Antoine Piccirilli, OLVEA’s R&D Director, was a speaker at the Sustainability & Naturals in Cosmetics conference that was held last week in Barcelona.
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Great article about the perspectives of the Shea supply chain by the ICCO Coorporation, with the input of Tom van’t Hoff, sales director of OLVEA Netherlands.
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For the eleventh consecutive year, OLVEA was present at the In-Cosmetics Global, the biggest international fair dedicated to the cosmetics industry.
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By becoming signatory of the manifesto Osons Demain, OLVEA has once again made a commitment in favour of the environment and of the biodiversity. This manifesto, signed by numerous business managers, was created following the alert raised by 15.000 scientists about the climatic disorder.
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