08 March 2010 - Belgium
As a family business, Mars Belgium continues to invest in co-workers and to hire in spite of the crisis
Mars Belgium has improved its ranking in a survey of Belgium’s “Best Employers”, rising to third place in the category for businesses with fewer than 500 employees. As a division of one of the largest family businesses in the world, Mars Belgium is showing that its unique corporate culture and consistent long-term personnel management philosophy can also make the difference in time of crisis. Mars Belgium has continued to invest in a human resources policy that prioritises transparency, equality and personal development.
08 November 2009 - Belgium
Green Order makes ordering behaviour impact on the environment visible and measurable.
Mars Belgium proudly introduces Green Order, a green logistic standard which makes the impact of the ordering behaviour on the environment both visible and measurable.
The concept developed by Mars has been converted by Capgemini Consulting into a reference standard which can be used by all the players in the industry. Hence, this standard makes up the basis for a more ecological behaviour and a better synchronization of the logistic chain between suppliers and distributors.
With Green Order, Mars is the first European manufacturer in the food industry to measure the CO2 emissions at the ordering level and to inform its customers thereof. Mars Belgium’s logistic partner, DHL, sees to the concordant CO2 values being printed on each and every forwarding note. These figures will result in the distributors consciousness-raising as to their ordering behaviour.
In this way, Mars would like to enter into a dialogue with the distributors in a view to enhance the effectiveness of their ordering and, if necessary, to combine the Mars’ supplies with those of other manufacturers within the distribution network. This means that Green Order is fully integrated in the logistic process, which would require a sustained cooperation between all the players in the industry in order to be successful.
21 July 2009 - Belgium
Mars, Incorporated today announces another major milestone in its goal to use only sustainably grown cocoa. Mars commits to purchase 100,000 tonnes of UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa annually by 2020. This week Mars contracted its first UTZ cocoa beans. With this small but significant step towards sourcing sustainable cocoa, Mars is making a clear statement to cocoa farmers that there is a market for UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa beans now and well into the future.
10 July 2009 - Belgium
The VW Fun Cup is a sensational and funny race starring some 150 VW Beetles and 550 drivers. On 11 and 12 July 2009 and with about 35,000 people watching from the stands, the M&M’s® team will try to break the record of driving as many rounds as possible in 25 hours time on the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack, the event’s proceeds being in aid of the Côte-à-Côte and S.O.S. Villages d’enfants / Kinderdorpen projects. The two M&M’s® cars will be equipped with the latest VW TDI FAP “Blue Motion” engine, which diminishes the consumption by 30%, whilst reducing the CO2 emission by 20% and lowering the sound intensity by 40%.