Mars Food Global plans to ensure more people across the world have access to healthy and sustainable food by delivering 5.5 billion meals by 2025 through its brands and actions. This is part of the company’s new purpose commitments.
The new targets focus on three areas: championing shared meals, opening access to better food, and driving brand purpose. Actions under the targets include ensuring that 100 percent of the company’s plastic packaging is recyclable, eliminating unsustainable water use, raising more awareness around the social value of shared meals, and using brand messaging to encourage families to share healthy meals together.
"Our Mars Food purpose, “Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow,” guides our actions because we know that what we eat, where that food comes from, and who we share it with are important. I am excited to share our ambitious 2025 goals we have set ourselves to champion the benefits of shared meals, open access to better food and drive our brands' purposes – all so that we can deliver 5.5 billion healthy meals for families around the world to enjoy".
Since 2016, Mars Food has exceeded its target to deliver one billion more healthy meals, pioneered sustainable rice practices, launched the first recyclable microwavable rice pouch, and ensured that 100 percent of its tomato-based sauces include one serving of fruits or vegetables per portion.
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