Cargill Featured on the Fortune’s America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023 List

Cargill has been recognized on the Fortune list of America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023. This prestigious award is presented by Fortune and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on March 29^th, 2023 and can be viewed on the Fortune website.

Cargill is uniquely positioned to lead the transformation of the food and agriculture system, addressing many of the world’s most pressing needs – from supply chain continuity to climate action to nutrition and food security. The company’s teams around the world are driving this transformation, innovating with purpose, empowering its customers and communities.

Fortune and Statista selected America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023 based on product innovation, process innovation and innovation culture. For the evaluation of the innovation culture and the internal view of process innovation, Statista deployed online surveys where employees could score their own company on a scale system. Statista also surveyed experts in various fields – from recruiters to management consultants and patent attorneys to get an external perspective. Additionally, to evaluate company’s IP portfolio, Statista worked with LexisNexis PatentSight’s platform to analyze the quantity and value of a company’s patents. The 300 US-companies with the highest score were awarded as America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023.

Cargill is ecstatic to be recognized on the Fortune list of America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023.

“Our teams around the world are excited to receive this recognition. Cargill continues to prioritize investing in innovation and our people.  We attract the best global talent to collaborate on work that is innovative, purpose-driven and helps our customers and partners overcome their biggest challenges and seize their greatest opportunities,” said Florian Schattenmann, Cargill’s chief technology officer and vice president of Research & Development and Innovation.

About Cargill

Cargill helps the world’s food system work for you. We connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients and families with daily essentials—from the foods they eat to the floors they walk on. Our 160,000 team members around the world innovate with purpose, empowering our partners and communities as we work to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, sustainable way.

From feed that reduces methane emissions to waste-based renewable fuels, the possibilities are boundless. But our values remain the same. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing. It’s how we’ve met the needs of the people we call neighbors and the planet we call home for 157 years—and how we’ll do so for generations to come. For more information, visit Cargill.com