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who helped demonstrate to other farmers that you can get fantastic results when using sustainable rice growing practices.“
Another significant climate smart initiative is the company’ s“ Moo’ ving Dairy Forward” programme addressing dairy’ s position as the second-largest greenhouse gas contributor in Mars’ snacking segment. A cornerstone of this initiative is the Farmer Forward Program in partnership with Fonterra – a US $ 27m investment over five years empowering dairy farmers to embrace climate smart practices. Through the programme Mars expects to reduce Scope 3 emissions by 150,000 tons by 2030.
“ It’ s about incentivising farmers to try something different,” Nici explains.“ By providing farmers with the resources, technology and incentives to reduce emissions, we’ re demonstrating leadership in sustainable sourcing and proving that progress is possible through collaboration.”
“ I know that the work our Associates are doing today will provide benefits for the next generations”
NICI BUSH, CHIEF INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, MARS
Balancing objectives in product reformulation Reformulating products to reduce environmental impact can be challenging. For Mars’ formulators in Petcare, this means balancing nutritional requirements, palatability, digestibility, market availability, cost – and now sustainability.
“ I’ m always impressed by how our formulators balance so many constraints,” Nici says.“ There are so many variables to manage
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