My position affords me a unique view of DEI practices at a Fortune 500 company. I lead a team of strategists who are always investigating how to better meet the snacking needs of our diverse consumers around the world.
by Whitney Mayer, Senior Manager, ESG & Human Rights
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In 2021, we continued to work diligently to uphold and advance essential human rights across our value chain through furthering progress on cocoa, promoting human rights within and beyond our four walls and collaborating with industry partners to advance our living wage and income agendas.
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In 2021, we continued to work diligently to uphold and advance essential human rights across our value chain through furthering progress on cocoa, promoting human rights within and beyond our four walls and collaborating with industry partners to advance our living wage and income agendas.
Industry collaboration on the important topic of living wages is critical to how to companies across many commercial categories can work toward living wages in global supply chains. AIM-Progress recently established a working group to lead this critical work and to create alignment, tools and processes for industry to guide the way forward.
The key to achieving our science-based Greenhouse Gas reduction goal is to identify and act on the greatest opportunities to mitigate our environmental impact and create positive change.
Learn the latest on how we’re reducing Direct & Indirect emissions by 50% and Value Chain emissions by 25% by 2030: https://bit.ly/3kIsGxI
Hershey employees around the world are proud to be named #1 on the list of the World’s Top Female Friendly Companies because of the intentional actions we took to get here.
Hershey is committed to a traceable and sustainable palm oil supply chain with no deforestation, no peatland development and no exploitation of workers. When sustainably grown, palm oil can reduce pressure on forests and biodiversity and support smallholder farmers.
September 13, 2021 would have been Milton S. Hershey's 164th birthday. Today, Hershey employees around the world live his legacy of doing well by doing good.
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On September 13, Milton S. Hershey would have celebrated his 164th birthday.
In honor of that day, we’re reflecting on the company’s purpose which remains as true now as it was when the business began in 1894.
By investing in employee safety, innovation and a reliable supply chain we’re building on that legacy by helping people make more moments of goodness, even amid challenging times.
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Key Takeaways:
On September 13, Milton S. Hershey would have celebrated his 164th birthday.
In honor of that day, we’re reflecting on the company’s purpose which remains as true now as it was when the business began in 1894.
By investing in employee safety, innovation and a reliable supply chain we’re building on that legacy by helping people make more moments of goodness, even amid challenging times.
How Hershey's strategy drives change for cocoa-growing environments and cocoa-farming communities.
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The Hershey Company — which has achieved a commitment to source 100% certified and sustainable cocoa by 2020 — has been committed since 2018 to no new deforestation in its global cocoa supply chain. It is committed to tackling child labor issues by supporting the implementation of Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS)* coverage to 100% of its sourcing in Ivory Coast and Ghana, a high-risk area, by 2025.
The Hershey Company and Land O'Lakes are partnering on a new initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Pennsylvania dairy farms and improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Sustainable Dairy PA initiative will support agricultural conservation practices at 119 Land O'Lakes member dairy farms in Central Pennsylvania that ship at least half of their milk to Hershey.
