Sustainable Wood Products

We’ve delivered high quality and sustainably sourced timber for over 50 years from our forest concessions in the Republic of Congo.

We offer a comprehensive range of sustainable FSC® certified products from logs and primary transformation products - such as boules and sawn timber, to kiln-dried lumber, scantlings and decking - to serve customers worldwide.

Our harvesting capabilities and processing expertise allow us to treat various species and produce specific dimensions of logs and sawn timber to meet customers’ needs. Our five sawmills have a capacity of 350,000 m3 of input logs meaning we have the largest processing capacity for tropical timber in Africa.

We’re Transparent

We offer traceability, meaning we know the location of where the timber came from. Our customers can have confidence that the timber we supply is responsibly and legally sourced, and in full compliance with European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), and the Lacey Act and the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act of Australia.

We’re Pioneering

Our high-capacity industrial kiln dryers for certified tropical timber are the largest in Africa. These are powered by wood-waste fired cogeneration power plant - a first of its kind, and using steam makes this one of the most ecologically friendly operations in Africa.

We’re Manufacturers

We operate a moulding unit and furniture workshop that produce finished products and high-quality furniture. Our knowledge and first-hand experience of many of the challenges in creating wood products uniquely position us to support our customers.

Our Forest Concessions

We operate the largest FSC® certified tropical hardwood concession in the world.

Responsible Forestry

Committed to sustainable and responsible forestry while developing the economy.

People & Community

Improving conditions for people living in and around our concessions.

Healthy & Safety

As with the rest of our business, the team in the Republic of Congo is committed to maintaining a “Safety First” culture. Our goal is “zero lost time incidents (LTIs)”.

As a result of continuous efforts, we’ve seen a marked reduction and recorded a LTIFR of 1.12 in 2021, with annual person-hours of 3.75 million.

We work towards eliminating as many risks as we can which cause injury or illness.

Our Latest News

Riz Bijou Awarded Best Rice Brand in Cameroon for the Second Consecutive Year

Olam Agri, a leading agribusiness and a major rice distributor in Cameroon, is proud to announce that ‘Riz Bijou’, one of the brands from its fragrant rice range popularly known as “Rice of the People”, has been recognised as the “Best Rice Brand” in Cameroon for the second consecutive year by (FOCACO) Fondation Camerounaise des Consommateurs, a leading consumer rights civil society organisation. The two-step selection process involved conducting a general survey with consumers followed by a judging panel comprising industry experts. The judging criteria includes Awareness, Consumer Satisfaction, Value Addition and Distribution.

Building a Business that Conserves Forests, One Step At a Time

“I have worked in the Congo basin for years, but nothing could have prepared me for the moment when I was just steps away from Buka, who belongs to one of the four groups of habituated silverback gorillas living in the vicinity of our forest concessions in the Congo Basin,” says Vincent Istace, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability at Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), an Olam Agri subsidiary.

Olam Agri Introduces Workplace Lactation Pods for Working Mothers to mark International Women's Day

Ghana Olam Agri, a global agribusiness company, has marked International Women’s Day with the installation of new lactation pods across its business locations in Ghana. This initiative forms part of the company’s workforce nutrition goal to ensure that by 2030, all its employees have access to nutrition programmes.

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