Sustainability Reporting
At Mars, we’re committed to sustainability across our entire value chain, focusing on a future with a healthier planet, thriving people and pets and a more inclusive society. In the Mars Sustainable in a Generation Report, our corporate sustainability report, discover how we integrate sustainability into everything we do to drive critical action and address global challenges. The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.
Our progress to date
We regularly assess our sustainability efforts, build lasting partnerships, and strive to not only deliver strong financial performance, but to do that while also delivering on our sustainability commitments.
Rooted in our Five Principles, that have guided our decisions for decades, our vision for sustainability encompasses investing in both people and the planet. That’s why we have planned to invest $2.7 billion over three years (2023-2025) to advance our Sustainable in a Generation Plan.
As of 2024;
- Healthy Planet: On the path to net zero by 2050, we have reduced absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 16.4%1 across our full value chain from a 2015 baseline, all while growing our business by 69%.
- Thriving People: We have now reached more than 850,000 people across our value chain through our supplier and origin program since it began in 2017.
- Nourishing Wellbeing: Our Mars Food & Nutrition business has delivered 3.5 billion healthy meals.
In 2024, Mars delivered another 1.9 percentage points of absolute GHG reductions, with an overall absolute reduction now standing at 16.4% across the full value chain and against a restated baseline in 2015. We also made significant enhancements to our climate accounting, refining our methodology to provide more accurate, transparent and inclusive emissions reporting, following our Baseline Restatement Policy.
Our Approach to Sustainability
Don't Just Take It From Us
Mars is ranked #6 in the Forest 500, a UK-based nonprofit that assesses businesses on the strength and implementation of their commitments on deforestation, conversion of natural ecosystems and associated human rights.
Learn how our commitments are aligned with Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and search for Mars in their Target Dashboard to see where we stand.
Sustainability reports & disclosures
Annual Sustainability Reports
- 2024 Sustainable in a Generation Report
- 2023 Sustainable in a Generation Report
- 2022 Sustainable in a Generation Scorecard
- 2021 Sustainable in a Generation Scorecard
- 2020 Sustainable in a Generation Scorecard
- 2019 Sustainable in a Generation Scorecard
- 2018 Sustainable in a Generation Scorecard
- 2017 Sustainable in a Generation Scorecard
CDP Disclosure
Supply Chain & Sourcing
Beef Sourcing
Cocoa Sourcing
Pulp & Paper Sourcing
Palm Oil Sourcing
Soy Sourcing
Progress Reports
Beef & Deforestation
Cocoa for Generations
Fish
Palm Oil
Pulp & Paper
Soy
Human Rights Disclosures
Additional Reports & Disclosures
GHG Emissions
Good Energy Claim Substantiation
California AB 1305 Compliance
Footnotes
1. This includes a small (<0.15%) contribution from soil carbon removals through climate-smart agriculture projects. Each reference to our 2015 baseline in this report refers to our restated baseline.