Mars Food & Nutrition Australia™, the manufacturer of MasterFoods™, is minimising our impact on the environment to protect it for future generations.

Our approach to environmental sustainability is outlined in our Sustainable in a Generation Plan(open in new tab) (SIGP) which is based on the United Nations Sustainability goals. It focuses on three areas: healthy planet, thriving people & nourishing wellbeing.

Some of the ways we bring to life SIGP at our manufacturer site and head office at Berkeley Vale on the NSW Central Coast:
• Zero Waste to Landfill since 2014;
• Implemented change that resulted in saving 10 million litres or 4 Olympic swimming pools of water per year;
• Replaced our air conditioning to save 201T Co2 per year; and
• Installed LED lighting replacing 1260+ lights which reduced energy consumption by between 40 - 90% depending on where in the factory or office; and
• LED lighting also saved 715T of Co₂ annually too.

With the other Mars businesses in Australia, Mars Wrigley and Mars Pet Care we are also making a longer commitment to a sustainable, greener planet and have signed a 20 year power-purchase agreement (PPA) with Total Eren to generate the equivalent of 100% of Mars’ electricity from renewable energy by 2020.

Total Eren is developing and will build the Kiamal Solar Farm near Ouyen, Victoria which will be operational by the end of 2020. The energy generated by the Kiamal Solar Farm is enough to power the production of 1.4M MasterFoods™ Sauce bottles.

Mars has contracted for energy to match the electricity requirements of its six Australian factories (Asquith, Ballarat, Bathurst, Wacol, Wodonga & Wyong) and two sales offices (Melbourne & Sydney).