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Mars Inc.
| Headquarters location: Mc Lean Virginia |  | Tel. 703-821-4900 Job offers, investor relations: www.mars.com |
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« ETHICAL » RATING OF MARS
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| Job: 4% of company's jobs cut since 1998 |
| Environment: 3 major pollution(s) |
| Delinquency: 2 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency |
| Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 1 offshore financial center(s) |
| Sales: more than 25 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales |
| Top management: earns 51 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) |
| Influence: 6 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
| Advertising & marketing: 4 dubious practice(s) |
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Relevance: business & market share |
year | business source |
| 2008 | Mars makes 14,4% of the candies eaten in the world. | Les Echos |
| 2004 | Mars makes 16% of the candies eaten in the world. | Capital |
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| 2006 | Disinformation: Mars broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel KTVI-2, without disclosure.: | PR Watch |
| 2005 | Disinformation: Mars is funding research that says chocolate is good for your heart. Mars is even placing its new CocoaVia bars in the health food aisles, near nutrition bars rather than candy, in retailers.: slogan: CocoaVia. Be Good to Your Heart Everyday.; public relations: W | PR Watch |
| 2005 | Disinformation: Mars spent $1 million per year subsidizing a newsletter which claimed that eating chocolate could prevent cavities.: | PR Watch |
| 2002 | slogan: Suzi Wan: facettes de l'art culinaire asiatique : goût, parfum, plaisir, équilibre.; |  |
| 2001 | Arguable partnership: Ministère de la Culture: Fête de la musique: | CB-News |
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| 2000 | slogan: Pedigree Fortivil.; ad | |
| 2000 | ad | |
| 2000 | slogan: Pedigree; ad | |
| 1999 | slogan: Le chocolat fond dans la bouche, pas dans la main.; | |
| 1998 | slogan: Aide votre chien à renforcer la résistance de son organisme.; | |
| 1998 | slogan: Sheba, une histoire entre votre chat et vous.; | |
| 1997 | slogan: Mars et ça repart.; | |
| 1991 | slogan: Taste the rainbow.; | |
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| year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
| 2005 | -600 | Internal restructuring: Will close a plant in Slough that produces Twix, Minstrels and M&Ms. Its operating profit in Europe fell 15% to £166 million in 2003. Mars planned to close six European factories to save £350 million a year. The group who employs 2500 UK employees would move manufacturing to Poland, the Czech Republic and Holland.: United Kingdom |  |
| 2002 | 30000 | | |
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| year | country : consequences source |
| 2002 | France brand: Pedigree : Production, purchase or sale of genetically modified organisms which may cause an irreversible genetic pollution, a destruction of the biodiversity and health risks for the consumers. | 60 million. |
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| year | | sales | | | | source |
| 2002 |
| 16.2 | | | | billion US$ | |
| 2001 |
| 17 | | | | billion US$ | |
| 2000 |
| 15.4 | | | | billion US$ | |
| 1999 |
| 15.2 | | | | billion US$ | |
| 1998 |
| 15 | | | | billion US$ | |
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