Mars bars fossil fuels and goes 100pc renewables

Confectionery maker Mars, one of Australia's biggest manufacturers, will shift entirely to renewable energy in just over a year as part of a company goal to reach carbon neutrality from its global operations by 2040.

Barry O'Sullivan, a Mars General Manager, at the firm's Wodonga factory.

The maker of the Mars and Snickers chocolate bars and food brands such as Uncle Ben's rice has signed a 20-year power purchase deal that will support development of the Kiamal Solar Farm near Ouyen in northern Victoria, due for completion in mid-2019. It will also support a second renewable energy project planned by the developer, Total Eren, in NSW.

Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hannam - “Mars bars fossil fuels and goes 100pc renewables.”