We are BRF | BRF Global | BRF S.A.
Better Life. Do you see yourself in this purpose?
Here in BRF we are guided by this purpose. With more than 85 years of history and a team that is bigger than many cities in Brazil (and in the world!), we are more than 90,000 employees working out of 117 countries to serve clients all around the globe.
In BRF, we believe that a better future will demand quality food. Our chain is vivid, long and complex, which requires sustainable management. Sustainable because it looks at the development of people — all of them: employees, partners, clients, consumers. Sustainable because it respects the environment and animal welfare. Sustainable because it fosters business growth to create and share value with all those that are part of our chain. We believe that only then will we be able to take responsibility for our results and offer quality food.
In BRF, we believe that organizational culture is a living process and that we are constantly changing, while guided by our commitments. Safety, Integrity and Quality.
Discover a little more about us and what drives us!
With more than 80 years of life, BRF has become one of the largest food companies in the world thanks to the birth of its main brands. It was in the 1930s, in the interior of Santa Catarina, that Perdigão emerged as a small business of two families of Italian immigrants. In the following decade, it was the turn of Concordia, also in Santa Catarina, to receive Sadia. Since then, the merger of these two businesses in 2009 has given rise to one of the largest agro-industrial complexes in the world, BRF.
Check out in our timeline all the achievements and innovation that made BRF come from the interior of Brazil and win the world!
CORPORATE STRUCTURE
The management model adopted by BRF in its global performance adapts processes and products to the different profiles and habits of consumers, respecting the cultural traditions of the places where the company operates. BRF is divided into the following management groups:
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD:
In line with best governance practices, the Chairman of the Board of Directors does not exercise executive functions. Defined in the Bylaws, the qualifications to be included in the Board of Directors include aspects such as: having an unblemished reputation, not holding positions in competitors or representing conflicting interests. Both Board members, Committees and Board of Executive Officers have a formal assessment tool for individual performance, including 360-degree assessment and approach to sustainability issues.
COMMITTEES:
Advisory committees of the Board of Directors have been held since 2006, which are made up of board members. At a meeting held on April 28, 2015, it approved the appointment of the regular members of the Advisory Committees to the Board of Directors, namely: Strategy, M&As and Markets; Finance, Governance and Sustainability; People, Organization and Culture.
AUDIT COMMITTEE:
It consists of three members, one of them financial specialist. It meets monthly and, when necessary, attends meetings with the Board of Directors.
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
Responsible for the management of the business in total agreement with the strategic guidelines defined by the executives and approved by the Board of Directors.
In Brazil, the company has more than 30 factories and 20 distribution centers. Overseas, it operates nine industrial units in Argentina, one in the United Kingdom, one in The Netherlands, five in Thailand, one in Malaysia, one in the United Arab Emirates and five in Turkey, as well as 27 distribution centers.