Mars goes green Down Under

BusinessGreen staff
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Power Purchase Agreement will enable food and confectionary firm's Australian arm to be powered by 100 per cent renewables by 2020

Mars Australia will be completely powered by green electricity by the end of the decade, thanks to a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) struck with green energy firm Total Eren. Announcing the deal...

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