Cocoa sustainability is a holistic, proactive set of activities designed to ensure future supplies of cocoa, and a responsible approach to its production, so that the community and environment in which it is produced can thrive.

The goal of Mars' efforts with cocoa sustainability is to help alleviate poverty and its devastating impact on origin communities.

For decades, Mars has helped bring the cocoa industry together with leaders in related fields to create and fund beneficial research programs; some of which result in education and training for farmers, development for pest/disease resistant cocoa crops, and other pioneer avenues for cocoa research.

We at Mars, Incorporated, home of some of the world's most-loved confectionery products, are a major user of cocoa. The values by which we have always operated inspire us everyday to seek the most responsible methods of cocoa production whereby the entire supply chain shares mutual benefit from the harvesting of this unique and fragile crop.