We are fully committed to transparency as we continue our journey towards helping a million people thrive by 2030 and will provide updates on our progress as we achieve milestones along the way. Visit Mars.com Sustainability Reporting page for more details on progress. That’s our promise to you, our consumers.

Our ambition is that our work is rooted in impact and underpinned by important NGO partnerships.

Partnerships with humanitarian experts, like CARE (registered charity number 292506), who know how to help make a meaningful difference in people’s lives and have been doing so for decades.

One of the projects we've supported is the Women for Change Village Savings and Loans Associations program (VSLA). We aimed to empower over 60,000 people by 2025, we’ve since surpassed that, now reaching at least 100,000 Women for Change VSLA members as of the end of 2024. 

A ripple effect in motion.

You might be asking, ‘what is a Village Savings and Loan Association program?’, and it’s a good question. In a nutshell, our VSLA program aims to increase gender equity in households and communities, while supporting increased savings, improved skills, income growth and diversification, improved school enrollment rates and improved nutrition. The scheme also aims to shift social norms and reduce gender-based bias by engaging men to encourage joint saving and decision-making. The women-centered approach of the VSLA program aims to create sustainable change for farmers and their households by investing in women’s empowerment.

Credit image : CARE

For now, just enjoy your Galaxy® treat knowing that it was made by Mars, a company that has committed to help a million people thrive. Because we’re making chocolate better, one piece at a time.

Galaxy® is proud to be a Mars brand. Mars has made long-term financial commitments to CARE which are not dependent on product sales.

^ This is based on an estimate of five members per household in both Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire (the main VSLA program beneficiary plus an additional four household members), where members of the household refer to people who are living under the same roof and therefore also likely to benefit from the VSLA member’s participation in the VSLA. Research conducted by KIT (Royal Tropical Institute in the Netherlands) includes additional information on cocoa farming household sizes (data from 2018): Bymolt, R., Laven, A., Tyszler, M. (2018). Demystifying the cocoa sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, available online at Demystifying the Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire - KIT Royal Tropical Institute (see, e.g., Chapter 3 (Respondent and household demographics), page 43 (estimating that the mean household size was 5.77 members in Ghana and 6.79 members in Côte d’Ivoire))