Tag: Mars

Mars and Calm team up to celebrate the wellbeing benefits of pets

Stuart Mitchell

Mars – the leading pet care business behind brands pets and pet owners love including ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, VCA™ and ANTECH® – is partnering with Calm, a leading mental health company, to spotlight the wellbeing potential of pets. Together, they are helping people recognize the role everyday interactions with pets play in supporting relaxation, life balance and overall mental wellbeing. The collaboration launches Calm’s first-ever collection created for pet lovers, inspired by research into human-animal relationships, including findings from an international survey of over 30,000 pet owners…

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The Sheba Hope Grows™ program gives an inside look at coral restoration efforts with new “Reef Builders” documentary

Stuart Mitchell

The Sheba Hope Grows™ program gives an inside look at coral restoration efforts with new “Reef Builders” documentary, Mars have posted on their website here about this new documentary and the future for this project, the post is featured below: At Mars, the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today – and we’re seeing that happen through our purposeful impact in coral restoration, brought to life in a new documentary called “Reef Builders,” presented by the SHEBA® brand. The brand believes in the power of storytelling…

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Mars talks about reducing water usage in their food supply chain

Stuart Mitchell

Mars has released a post that talks baout how they view the importance of reducing their water usage. I enclose the text of this below but it is copyright of Mars and I encourage you to read the post on their site here and see the other things they are doing. When it comes to the agricultural supply chain, Mars is working with farmers to implement climate-smart practices that help them reduce water usage, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and maintain yields for farmers. A great example is our work on…

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Mars pledges $27M USD for tools, technology and cash incentives to empower dairy farmers to reduce on-farm emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Mars, Incorporated, has announced a new program through its partnership with Fonterra, one of the world’s largest dairy suppliers. Backed by a $27M USD, five-year investment, the Farmer Forward Program aims to empower dairy farmers to embrace climate-smart agriculture practices as Mars strives to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 50% by 2030 against a 2015 baseline. Approximately half of the investment will be allocated to providing funding for on-farm tools and technology to around 2,000 Fonterra dairy farmers. The remaining funds will go into the pockets of about 165 farmers…

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Berry Global and Mars Announce Packaging with 100% Recycled Content

Stuart Mitchell

Berry Global Group, Inc. collaborated with snacks and treats leader Mars to transition its pantry jars for M&M’S®, SKITTLES® and STARBURST® brands to 100% recycled plastic packaging, exclusive of jar lids. This achievement advances the ongoing collaboration between Berry and Mars to develop packaging made with recycled content, and builds on a previous launch of the pantry jars with 15% recycled plastic in 2022. The updated jars are now rolling out across the country. The pantry jars are widely recyclable and come in three sizes: 60-, 81- and 87-ounces. This…

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