THE PROCUREMENT INTERVIEW
In 2024, Mars expanded this approach from the top 400 leaders to approximately 2,000, ensuring that long-term compensation is tied to emissions reductions as well as traditional business performance metrics.
This expansion represents more than a policy adjustment – it is a fundamental realignment of what the organisation values and rewards. By placing environmental impact on equal footing with financial performance in compensation decisions, Mars ensures that sustainability considerations receive serious attention in boardrooms, strategy sessions and daily operational decisions.
“ A business model that focuses exclusively on financial performance is not sustainable,” Amanda argues.
“ We believe in business as a power for good and, as Mars Associates, we are united in this pursuit. The expectation to hold ourselves accountable for performance is something consumers expect and we demand of ourselves.”
This approach forms part of what Mars calls the Mars Compass, an industry-leading framework that measures business progress across multiple dimensions.“ It demonstrates our owners’ commitment to measure our progress as a business across multiple dimensions and, just like any compass, it helps us navigate in the right direction and embeds our purpose in actual decision making,” Amanda explains. procurementmag. com 27