SUSTAINABILITY
HEADQUARTERS: VIRGINIA, US
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 170,000
FOUNDED: 1911
while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 16.9 %.“ We consider both financial and non-financial measures when making decisions across sourcing, manufacturing and supply chains,” Kevin explains.“ This approach has enabled us to decouple emissions from growth.”
Supply chain power“ One of the biggest challenges is that traditional approaches – particularly engaging individual suppliers to procure renewable energy – can be slow, resource-intensive and difficult to scale,” Kevin explains.“ We are addressing these challenges through coordinated, system-level approaches.”
The company’ s Renewables Acceleration( RAcc) programme is designed to address emissions by expanding renewable electricity beyond its direct operations through the value chain. Instead of convincing suppliers to figure out how to buy renewable energy individually, Mars buys it on their behalf using its size and creditworthiness.
64 August 2026