Mars Sees Threat To Chocolate In Climate Change

One of the world's largest candy makers is hiring meteorologists to deal with climate change

Kate Taylor, September 29, 2016 (Business Insider)

“…Mars Chocolate, the maker of candy brands like M&M, Snickers, and Dove, employs a small team of meteorologists…tasked with examining current weather patterns, then working with other departments to examine how these patterns could impact suppliers of [its] ingredients…While much of the Mars meteorologists' jobs is to focus on near-term weather forecasting, they also look months and years in the future, examining issues such as global warming…Beyond creating problems in predicting weather, climate change could be ‘devestating’ to the chocolate business, according to the nonprofit Rainforest Alliance...Climate change could render areas that were once optimal for growing cocao unusable, Climate.gov reports...Mars is working to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions, with a pledge to cut all greenhouse gas emissions from operations by 2040…” click here for more

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