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Mars Incorporated

Business / industry · Agriculture & food · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Mars Incorporated appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (15 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
15
MEPs met
€800,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated, has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats739%
Renew Europe528%
European People's Party317%
European Conservatives & Reformists211%
Greens/EFA16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
2
2021
0
2022
1
2023
5
2024
5
2025
2
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Delara Burkhardt
4 meetings · S&D
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Alex Agius Saliba
1 meeting · S&D
Jörgen Warborn
1 meeting · EPP
Svenja Hahn
1 meeting · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 May 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
25 Mar 2026Delara BurkhardtCircular Economy
28 Oct 2025Pascal CanfinCircular Economy
4 Jul 2025Jeannette BaljeuESG
18 Dec 2024Veronika VrecionováPresentation meeting (sustainability, packaging, labeling)
18 Dec 2024Ondřej KrutílekPresentation meeting (sustainability, packaging, labeling)
16 Oct 2024Ingeborg ter LaakHealth policy
20 Sep 2024Christophe GrudlerVisite de l'usine MARS France
19 Mar 2024Anna CavazziniCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
25 Oct 2023Jörgen WarbornHandelsfrågor
10 Oct 2023Laura Ballarín CerezaGreen Claims
21 Mar 2023Delara BurkhardtPackaging Waste
8 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
1 Feb 2023Tiemo WölkenAustausch zum EU-Lieferkettengesetz
23 Mar 2022Delara Burkhardtdeforestation

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