This document provides an overview of Mars, Inc., a global food company founded in 1911 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Some key details:
- Mars has annual revenue of $33 billion as of December 2013 and employs over 72,000 people worldwide.
- It operates across six main segments - Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing, and Purchasing - each containing various roles that support the company's food production and distribution.
- Mars aims to reduce its environmental impact and has set targets to lower water use, fossil fuel waste, and achieve zero waste to landfill by 2015. However, its social and environmental policies in sourcing agricultural commodities were ranked only 31%