LRQA Independent Assurance Statement
Relating to Mars Incorporated 2017 Sustainable in a Generation Plan
This Assurance Statement has been prepared for Mars Incorporated (Mars) in accordance with our contract but isintended for the readers of this Report.

Terms of Engagement
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) was commissioned by Mars Incorporated (Mars) to provide independent
assurance on its Sustainable in a Generation Plan (“the Report”) against the assurance criteria below to a moderate level
using AccountAbility’s AA1000AS (2008), where the scope was a Type 2 engagement.
Our assurance engagement covered Mars’ operations worldwide and specifically the following requirements:
Evaluating adherence to AccountAbility’s AA1000 Principles of Inclusivity, Materiality and ResponsivenessConfirming that Mars has developed processes to address their material impacts
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Evaluating the reliability of performance data associated with five selected environmental metrics.
Our assurance engagement excluded Mars’ Logistics, Warehouses and Co-Processors operations and data andinformation from Mars’ suppliers, contractors and any third-parties mentioned in the Report.
LRQA’s responsibility is only to Mars. LRQA disclaims any liability or responsibility to others as explained in the end
footnote. Mars’ responsibility is for collecting, aggregating, analysing and presenting all the data and information within
the Report and for maintaining effective internal controls over the systems from which the Report is derived. Ultimately,
the Report has been approved by, and remains the responsibility of Mars.

LRQA’s Opinion
Based on LRQA’s approach nothing has come to our attention that would cause us to believe that Mars has not, in allmaterial respects:
Met the requirements above
Processes to address their material impacts that are important to the stakeholders and readers of this ReportDisclosed reliable performance data associated with the five selected environmental metrics as no errors oromissions were detected.
The opinion expressed is formed on the basis of a moderate level of assurance and at the materiality of the professional
judgement of the verifier.
Note: The extent of evidence-gathering for a moderate assurance engagement is less than for a high assurance engagement.
Moderate assurance engagements focus on aggregated data rather than physically checking source data at sites. Consequently, thelevel of assurance obtained in a moderate assurance engagement is substantially lower than the assurance that would have beenobtained had a high assurance engagement been performed.

LRQA’s Approach
LRQA’s assurance engagements are carried out in accordance with our verification procedure. The following tasks
though were undertaken as part of the evidence gathering process for this assurance engagement:
Assessing Mars’ approach to stakeholder engagement to confirm that issues raised by stakeholders were captured
correctly. We did this through interviews and reviewing documents and associated processes.
Reviewing Mars’ process for identifying and determining material issues to confirm that the right issues wereincluded in their Report. We did this by benchmarking reports written by Mars and its peers to ensure that sector
specific issues were included for comparability and interviewing key personnel across the Mars global businesssegments.
 Auditing Mars’ data management systems to confirm that there were no significant errors, omissions or misstatements in the Report. We did this by reviewing the effectiveness of data handling procedures, instructions andsystems, including those for internal verification. We also spoke with some key people responsible for compiling thedata and drafting the Report.

Observations
Further observations and findings, made during the assurance engagement, are:
Stakeholder inclusivity:
We are not aware of any key stakeholder groups that have been excluded from Mars’ stakeholder engagement
process. Mars has made significant efforts in its collaborative initiatives affecting each SIG Plan Goal, in addition toNGO/IGO engagements.
Materiality:
We are not aware of any material issues concerning Mars’ sustainability performance reported in the SIGP Reportthat have been excluded from the Report. The processes Mars uses to guide its materiality review are robust andconsider the correct topics.

This document is subject to the provision on page 2.

Responsiveness:
LRQA is not aware of any matters that have not been reported or any significant event that would lead us toconclude that Mars has not applied the responsiveness principle. The SIGP, together with Mars’ website and othercommunication channels, provides plenty of information to interested parties.
Reliability:
See LRQA’s associated Data Assurance Statement for our opinion on the reliability of the selected environmentalmetrics.

The above is an excerpt from the findings reported back to Mars in the LRQA Verification Report. They do not affect ouropinion.

LRQA’s Standards, Competence and Independence
LRQA implements and maintains a comprehensive management system that meets accreditation requirements for ISO
14065 Greenhouse gases – Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditationor other forms of recognition and ISO/IEC 17021 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit andcertification of management systems that are at least as demanding as the requirements of the International Standard on
Quality Control 1 and comply with the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued by the International Ethics
Standards Board for Accountants.
LRQA ensures the selection of appropriately qualified individuals based on their qualifications, training and experience.
The outcome of all verification and certification assessments is then internally reviewed by senior management to ensurethat the approach applied is rigorous and transparent.
rdndLRQA is Mars’ certification body for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSSC and ISO 22000 3 party assessments and 2 party
Quality and Food Safety assessments. The verification and certification assessments are the only work undertaken by
LRQA for Mars and, as such, do not compromise our independence or impartiality.
SignedDated: September 14, 2018

Heather Moore
LRQA Lead Verifier
On behalf of Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance, Inc.
1330 Enclave Pkwy, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 88077
LRQA reference: UQA00000472/2055976

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