Read the full report. - Mars, Incorporated

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2020

Transcript of Read the full report. - Mars, Incorporated

2020

As I reflect on the past eighteen months, I am proud of our Associates and the progress we have made as a business. Guided by our Purpose, we took action to prioritize the health and wellbeing of our Associates, while also ensuring business continuity. The Mars Wrigley Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization, supported COVID-19 relief efforts around the world. Our brands remained front and center, helping people feel connected, cared for and celebrated when it wasn’t physically possible. And together, we worked as one team to make sure we come out of the pandemic stronger than before.

We know that the world is changing with tremendous pace, and at Mars Wrigley, we are embracing this

opportunity for our business to change alongside it. Our teams are working hard to align with

consumer trends to fill the world with even more smiles through our brands and our

behaviors. We continue to invest in our sustainability priorities to address our

greatest impacts and opportunities for generations to come. Despite the

challenges we all faced last year, we progressed against our ambition to

become a leader in the snacking

category through the acquisitions of KIND® North America and Nature’s Bakery. These market-leading, purpose-driven brands bring us one step closer to a meaningful, diverse portfolio and are strong proof points towards the future of our business.

As a global business that touches the lives of millions of people, it is our responsibility to build a better business – and a better world – for tomorrow. At Mars Wrigley, our purpose comes to life through our brands and our actions, helping define our future and allowing us to thrive for generations to come.

Today, I am excited to share our first-ever Better Moments Report with you, highlighting only a few of the many ways our business is creating a world filled with better moments and more smiles.

Andrew ClarkeGlobal President, Mars WrigleyJuly 14, 2021

“ Every second, nearly 1,000 Mars Wrigley products are consumed around the world. In a year filled with many new and challenging moments, our beloved treats and snacks were there for consumers – bringing better moments and more smiles when they were needed most.”

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4 About Mars Wrigley

5 Mars Wrigley Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Efforts

5 – Mars Wrigley Foundation

6 – Our Communities

7 – Our Brands

8 Commitment to Oral Health

10 Actions to Support Inclusion and Diversity

11 Creating a More Connected, Caring, and Celebratory World

12 – Cocoa

14 – Palm Oil

15 – Mint

16 – Packaging Sustainability

What’s inside...

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30,000+employees

100+year legacy

Billion-Dollar Brands

countries

Our products

can be found in

170

About Mars Wrigley

51 factories across

28 countries

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Mars Wrigley Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Mars Wrigley Foundation

Since 2020, the Mars Wrigley Foundation has provided

$3.4 millionto COVID-19 relief efforts around the world, directly

supporting the communities where we live and work.

2.7 million+ individuals and families

with food, housing, utility, and economic assistance.

330,000+individuals with hygiene kits, personal protective equipment, and medical

supplies.

100,000+ children with educational resources and e-learning

programs to mitigate learning loss.

Foundation

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Individuals and families provided with food, diapers, and baby formula

United Way of Greater Newark (U.S.)

Individuals served through greater food distribution

Bamx (Mexico)

Foundation-supported programs helped communities develop safe and open spaces for educational programming

Safe Spaces (Kenya)

20,000 20,000

344,000

9,000

1 Million

8,000

9,000

87,000

21,000Individuals served because of new transportation vehicle

Plymouth Foodbank (U.K.)

Individuals provided  nutritious food

Greater Chicago Food Depository (U.S.)

Children and families with medical supplies and health kits as well as public health infrastructure support

Save the Children (India)

Individuals received meals

Restos du Coeur (France)

Students supported by village-level educational outreach to mitigate learning loss

Uttar Pradesh (India)

Educational resources including printed materials, internet access and support for a visiting teachers program

Save the Children (Indonesia)

Protective gowns supplied to frontline health workers

Hubei Red Cross Foundation (China)

Making an Impact in our Communities

Our Communities

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Throughout the pandemic, we used our beloved brands to recognize valiant essential workers – such as health care professionals, grocery workers, logistics providers, first responders and manufacturing workers – who kept our communities going around the world.

For Easter, we donated 1 million

Mars chocolate eggs to the health workers in the U.K., bringing #bettermoments to those who needed it

most.

EXTRA® gum partnered with iHeartRadio to share messages of gratitude and song dedications to those going above and beyond during the fight against COVID-19. Plus, an estimated 375,000 packs of EXTRA®, ALTOIDS®, and LIFESAVERS® were distributed to hospitals and teams of frontline workers.

While Halloween looked a little different in 2020, our treats continued to bring the same joy to people of all ages. M&M’S® celebrated the fun of our biggest season in Newark, N.J., our new U.S. headquarters and birthplace of M&M’S®, through a socially distanced Halloween Treat Truck.

As a gesture of gratitude for all the manufacturers supporting COVID-19 relief efforts, we sent SNICKERS® from our own manufacturing Associates who put their heart and soul into producing our treats every day.

In partnership with Sankalp Beautiful World, we donated chocolate products to more than 350,000 frontline warriors in India during the pandemic.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, local government and mainstream TV channels looked to our beloved M&M’S® characters to create awareness through public service announcements, helping the public change behaviors to prevent the virus.

Creating More Smiles through our Brands

Our Brands

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Commitment to Oral Health

Since 2010, the Mars Wrigley Foundation has reached more than 6.5 million individuals through investments in oral health so people can enjoy more, happier and healthier smiles.

In 2021, Mars Wrigley Foundation partners received $1.5 million in grant funding to provide treatment and education for underserved communities around the world.

Eight organizations with significant reach in countries including the U.S., Australia, China, Germany, Ireland, Russia, and New Zealand are actively supporting the Foundation’s mission.

And over the course of its 10-year partnership, Save the Children and the Mars Wrigley Foundation have reached 2.4 million children, parents, teachers and oral health workers. Together we have delivered over 500,000 oral health services in six countries.

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Global Partner

The Mars Wrigley Foundation partners with organizations around the world to help people and communities flourish. Founded in 1987, the Foundation works to provide oral health education and care, improve lives in mint- and cocoa-growing regions, prevent litter and waste, and create vibrant communities.

Better Communities, More Smiles. Shared SmilesSpreading smiles by helping to improve lives in mint- and cocoa-growing communities and the local communities in which Mars Wrigley operates.

Our ImpactMore than one million children in 1,800 mint-farming villages in India have been provided greater opportunities for future success.

Proud SmilesPreventing litter to create a vibrant environment in which we can all take pride.

Our ImpactEight million students in 35 countries have learned how to decrease litter in their communities.

Healthier SmilesPromoting oral health so people can enjoy happier, healthier smiles.

Our ImpactSince 2010, the Mars Wrigley Foundation has reached more than 6.5 million individuals through investments in oral health, including its signature Healthier Smiles grant program.

Global Partner

Global Partner

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Actions to Support Inclusion and Diversity

Mars Wrigley, as a part of Mars’ $1 million donation in the U.S., supported organizations including PolicyLink and NAACP Legal Defense Fund that fight for racial equity. And in partnership with organizations such as LISC and initiatives such as We Rise, we’re committed to build a more equitable society and working collaboratively to address systemic injustice.

Our MALTESERS® brand launched a campaign to drive awareness for maternal mental health, advancing the brand’s long-standing purpose of uniting people through the power of laughter. They also partnered with Comic Relief, committing 225,000 GBP to support the incredible work carried out by projects like The Happy Mums Foundation and Smile Group, which focus on supporting women with maternal mental health issues.

Through our iconic SKITTLES® brand, in 2020 we again gave up our rainbow in support of the LGBTQ+ community for

Pride month. And we donated $100K to GLAAD, a partnership developed with the collaboration of Associates.

While inclusion and diversity has long been a business priority, we know we have significant work to do. And in 2020, Mars Wrigley accelerated our commitment to inclusion and diversity in our workplaces and communities.

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At Mars Wrigley we’re creating a more Connected, Caring, and Celebratory world

for the people and planet on which we depend

Thriving People Climate Plastics

Creating a More Connected, Caring, and Celebratory World

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Cocoa for Generations

At Mars Wrigley, we are committed to creating a more modern, inclusive, and sustainable cocoa supply chain for future generations. Through our Cocoa for Generations strategy we remain focused on the critical issues that need to be addressed for cocoa farming families to thrive and be sustainable. As we implement our strategy, we’re making progress on our journey to protect children, preserve forests, and improve farmer income, tackling today’s challenges and continuing to look for collaborative opportunities to pave the way for long-term transformation.

Increased cohesion across business, governments, and civil society groups, and a smart policy mix, will enable us to reach our common goal - ensuring human rights are respected in cocoa communities, where children can grow, play, and develop in a healthy and safe environment and cocoa families can thrive.

Cocoa

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Through our Responsible Cocoa program, we are committed to:

Protecting ChildrenReducing human rights risks

through monitoring, effective remediation, and increase in

women’s empowerment

~70% of total cocoa volumes sourced from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana came from farmer groups that have a Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System

in place, as of year-end 2020

166,516Total farm boundaries

in our cocoa supply chain polygon mapped

as of year-end 2020

25%of farmers had access to

financial products in 2020

(+14% vs. 2019)

3.5 MillionCocoa Seedlings distributed

to farmers in 2020

(+41% vs. 2019)

received individual coaching on Good Agricultural

Practices in 2020

13%of farmers receiving premium

payments digitally in 2020

(+3% vs. 2019)

114,750Farmers trained and sensitized

on forest protection in 2020

(+154% vs. 2019)

43%of cocoa we source is

traceable from the first point of purchase to a farm

boundary as of year-end 2020

1.2 Millionnon-cocoa trees distributed in 2020 to increase shade and biodiversity

(+110% vs. 2019)

24,112Members in Village Savings &

Loan Association programs in 2020

75% are women

(100% vs. 2019)

850 VSLA groups raised a total savings of

$2.9 Millionas of year-end 2020

1,978Farmer group staff trained on human rights in 2020

(+31% vs. 2019)

Preserving ForestsEnsuring 100% of the cocoa we

source will be traceable from the farm to the first point of purchase

and deforestation-free by 2025

Increasing IncomeIncreasing income resilience

for cocoa farming families

*Based on data provided by our cocoa suppliers

farmers trained

and

146,29491,368

And we have made progress on our journey*

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Mars Palm Positive Plan fundamentally re-engineered our palm oil supply chain to deliver deforestation-free supply and advance respect for human rights. We did this by simplifying the number of palm mills we work with from 1,500 to fewer than 100 mills, fostering collaboration with key stakeholders on the ground, and acting beyond our direct supply by awarding longer-term contracts to suppliers who commit to transparent supply chains.

Deforestation-Free Palm Oil

Palm Oil

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Mars AdvanceMint program (known as Shubh Mint in India) supports mint farmers in the United States and Uttar Pradesh, India.

Through the Mint Industry Research Council in the United States, farmers have received funding over the last three years to improve on-farm sustainability practices. The projects, which are nominated by mint farmers to test on their farms, range from saving water through drip irrigation to switching to solar powered mint stills.

Working with our external partners*, the Shubh Mint program in Uttar Pradesh, India has trained more than 20,000 farming households on mint good agricultural practices resulting in increased mint yields, decreased farming input costs, and improved crop watering techniques. Together, these have doubled household profit from mint and decreased mint unsustainable water use by 50 percent!

The Shubh Mint program also focuses on unlocking opportunities for women and has helped

establish 400 women’s support groups in mint-growing

regions. The groups expand women’s access to

information and capital and teach women farming and other livelihood skills.

Supporting Mint Farmers in the U.S. and India

*Tanager, Callisons, RCB International Symrise, GIZ

Mint

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Committed to Packaging Sustainability

In line with our circular packaging goals, we began testing a range of sustainable solutions in 2020/2021, including our first-ever paper flow wrap for the BALISTO® Honey-Almond bar in Germany, a mono material M&M’S® pouch in France, a more sustainable new ORBIT® Mega pack with a How2Recycle label in the U.S., and an EXTRA® Gum bottle in Germany that includes 30 percent recycled content.

We’ve also initiated a collaboration with Danimer Scientific to develop home compostable packaging that degrades safely in both land and marine environments. We’re excited to explore prospects for leveraging Danimer’s breakthrough technology with a variety of packaging formats over the next few years.

We believe there is no such thing as a sustainable product in unsustainable packaging, so we’re leaning into eliminating plastic waste with a set of ambitious goals aligned with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Commitment, of which Mars is a founding signatory. We know we can’t solve this issue alone, but through our three-pronged approach to circularity, we’re making progress toward our vision of a world where no packaging becomes waste.

To date, Mars has signed up to four plastics pacts aligned with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Commitment, including ANZPAC (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands), Canada, the U.K., and the U.S.

Mars 2025 Sustainable Packaging Commitments

Removeunnecessary

packaging

-25% virginplastic

Invest to close the loop

30% recycled content

Redesign forcircularity

100% reusable,recyclable orcompostable

Vision:A circular economywhere packagingnever becomes

waste

Packaging Sustainability

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