Mars 海角视频 has an announced a 拢350 million warehousing and logistics, which it says will cut one million miles from its annual haulage footprint.
The food and petfood giant has struck a partnership with logistics specialist DHL, which will see two big warehouses built in the East Midlands and London.
They will be used by Mars鈥 three biggest 海角视频 subsidiaries 鈥 Mars Wrigley, Mars Food and Mars Pet Nutrition.
Mars said the move will cut its annual outbound logistics carbon footprint in the 海角视频 by 7.7 per cent 鈥 which it said was equivalent to the annual emissions of heating 543 海角视频 homes.
The two sites at the SEGRO East Midlands Gateway on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border and the London Thames Gateway, which is east of the capital, will have a combined size of 1 million sq ft and will increase Mars鈥 warehousing capacity by more than 50 per cent.
Tim Walker, supply chain director at Mars 海角视频, said: 鈥淥ur partnership with DHL will deliver a world class logistics operation that is sustainable, smart and agile. What is good for our business is also good for the planet. This project is a meaningful step in our sustainability journey as we look to create the world we want tomorrow 鈥 which we know starts with how we do business today.鈥
Jim Hartshorne, DHL Supply Chain鈥檚 managing director for retail & consumer and Ireland, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to be extending our global partnership with Mars in the construction and management of these sites.
鈥淥ur shared environmental commitments are supported by this investment and we are creating long term, exciting jobs in both of these communities.
鈥淭his project will be the foundation of the 海角视频 logistics chain for Mars for many years to come and we are incredibly proud to be selected to lead in this project.鈥
The purpose-built depots will be partially solar powered with automated pallet storage, with the East Midlands operational in the spring of 2022, and London in 2023.
Mars 海角视频 moves more than 1.2 million pallets of products every year 鈥 stacked on top of each other that would reach to the top of Mount Everest every other day.
Mars has global revenues of around 拢26 billion and employs 115,000 people around the world. It has brands such as Skittles, M&Ms, Snickers, Twix, Dove, Pedigree, Whiskas, Milky Way and Orbit.
DHL offers logistics services ranging from national and international parcel delivery, e-commerce shipping and fulfilment solutions, international express, road, air and ocean transport and industrial supply chain management, and has about 380,000 employees in more than 220 countries.
It is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group.
