date:Mar 11, 2014
Mars, Inc. on March 10 introduced a sourcing charter that requires all of its suppliers to have a sustainable and traceable palm oil supply across all their operations by the end of 2015, or to have plans in place for doing so.
The suppliers also must confirm their commitment to the sourcing charter by the end of 2014. The charter includes such provisions as no development in areas of high conservation value, no development in high carbon stock forest areas and no development on peat lands rega