Mars

  • Kids’ advertising leaves sour taste

    CONFECTIONERY, CEREALS and soft drinks aimed at children are now worth £50bn globally, but promises made by manufacturers to clean up their act have been broken.                            …

  • Mars uses renewable energy to cut environmental impact

    MARS HAS achieved a 54% year-on-year increase in the amount of renewable energy used by the company, according to its 2014 sustainability report.                           Much of the green…

  • Unilever saves 1m tonnes of C02 and commits to using 100% renewable energy

    UNILEVER HAS revealed that innovations such as using waste marmite to make energy has helped the company’s factories to save more than a million tonnes of CO2 and €244m since 2008.                  …

  • The fat keeps flowing

    CAMPAIGNERS SAY that politicians’ fear of the big food companies is clogging up efforts to curb obesity. Is it time for a more radical approach?                   If the opinions of our experts…

  • Big ten food companies emit more greenhouse gases than Scandinavia

    THE ‘Big 10’ food and drink companies together emit more greenhouse gases than Scandinavia and, if they were an individual country, would rank as the 25th most polluting, Oxfam revealed today. It warned that companies are risking financial ruin if…

  • Mars to join sustainable palm oil commitment

    MARS HAS announced its new policy to help build a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain by the end of this year. The company has also pledged to focus on other raw materials that have an impact on the environment…

  • Some eggs are divine, others are not

    THE USE of unsustainable palm oil is rife in UK chocolate products.   The charity Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) and Ethical Consumer magazine surveyed more than 70 brands, asking about their practices and policies in relation to palm oil sourcing.…