date:Mar 11, 2014
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McLean-based Mars is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, an organization made up of oil palm growers, palm oil processors and traders, consumer goods manufacturers, non-government organizations (N.G.O.s), banks and investors, and retailers. Mars sources 100% of its palm oil from sources certified by the R.S.P.O.
Rapid expansion of palm oil plantations continues to threaten environmentally sensitive areas of tropical rainforest and carbon-rich peatlands, as well