Mars Joins Sustainability Consortium

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.Mars Inc. has joined the Sustainability Consortium in support of the organizations science-based work toward a more sustainable global supply chain.

The Sustainability Consortium is an independent organization of diverse global participants that work collaboratively to build a scientific foundation that drives innovation to improve consumer product sustainability. The consortium develops transparent methodologies, tools and strategies to drive a new generation of products and supply networks that address environmental, social and economic imperatives.

Mars believes that science-based assessment and allocation of life-cycle product impacts are critical to enabling a transition to a more sustainable production-consumption model," said Kevin Rabinovitch, global sustainability director for Mars. The consortiums work is vital to moving beyond a focus on conflicting measurement systems and on to driving real reductions in impacts across the supply chains delivering the products consumers love."

We are excited to welcome Mars Inc. into the consortium," said Jon Johnson, co-director of the consortium and executive director of the University of Arkansas Applied Sustainability Center. They are a proven leader in the realm of corporate sustainability, and their knowledge and leadership will be a tremendous asset."