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Mars and ofi are scaling regenerative agriculture across Ecuador’s cocoa supply chain, signaling deeper investment in climate-smart sourcing. For product developers, the move underscores how sustainability initiatives are increasingly tied to ingredient resilience, supply security and long-term formulation strategies.

Mars recently unveiled its innovative open-source action plan—the Mars Net Zero Roadmap—to accelerate action toward achieving Net Zero emissions, which includes a new target to cut carbon in half by 2030 across its full value chain.

New Ipsos research reveals that nearly half of American adults (47%) think the responsibility to make change that influences climate change lies with multi-national businesses, like Mars.

Today, the global food system is under tremendous pressure. It's estimated that two out of three people are undernourished, and we're at risk of not meeting the United Nation's SDG Goal No. 2: ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving wellbeing and sustainable agriculture by 2030. It's clear that progress is slow-moving, but there are some tangible strategies that the food industry can implement to overcome the challenges facing today's food system.

Carbonfund.org Foundation Certified Carbonfree® products have "net zero" CO2 emissions, meaning brands like Evol measure the carbon footprint of the products over their full lifecycle, cradle-to-grave – from ingredient sourcing and packaging, to product manufacturing, distribution, and consumer use and end of life - and invest in projects that remove an equal amount of carbon from the atmosphere.

In 2021, 78% of people said they were more likely to purchase a product clearly labeled as “environmentally friendly."