Simplification and satellites: Inside Mars' zero deforestation palm oil strategy

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The food giant reveals how a simplification of a once sprawling palm oil supply chain has helped the company to ensure it can deliver on its sustainable sourcing pledges

For years, companies have been under pressure to tackle deforestation in their supply chains, with palm oil a particularly high profile and seemingly intractable problem. Global production of the commodity...

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