- CEO
- Mohd Haris bin Mohd Arshad
- Full Time Employees
- 82,380
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Address
- Main Block, SD Guthrie Tower Petaling Jaya SE Malaysia 47301
- IPO Date
- Aug 22, 2019
- Business
- Sime Darby Plantation Berhad (SD Guthrie Berhad), formerly Sime Darby Plantation Berhad and listed under ticker SDPNF, operates as one of the world's largest producers of certified sustainable palm oil, with upstream activities encompassing the cultivation and management of oil palm plantations across more than 200 estates totaling approximately 600,000 hectares in Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands; milling of fresh fruit bunches into crude palm oil (CPO) and crude palm kernel oil (CPKO); and downstream operations including refining, fractionation, oleochemicals production, esterification, biodiesel manufacturing, nutraceuticals, and commodity trading through its Sime Darby Oils (SDGI) division supported by 11 refineries. The company also provides seeds and agricultural services, such as high-yield DxP seeds under the GenomeSelect brand, agricultural consultancy, raw material procurement, logistics, and market risk management. SD Guthrie conducts business in 12 countries with a global footprint spanning over 90 countries for product distribution, primarily targeting food and beverage manufacturers, processors, animal feed, and biofuel industries; it maintains headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, tracing its roots to the broader Sime Darby group founded in 1910. In recent developments, SD Guthrie reports a 47% surge in recurring profit before interest and tax to RM2.65 billion for FY2024, fueled by rehabilitated Malaysian upstream productivity and higher CPO prices; it acquired a 48% equity stake in Netherlands-based Marvesa Supply Chain Services B.V. for EUR54 million to bolster European downstream capabilities in oils and fats for animal feed and biofuels; and advances renewable energy, industrial park initiatives, and a 2050 net-zero emissions roadmap aligned with Paris Agreement targets, including over 40 biogas plants by 2030 and expanded reforestation efforts.