Question: Does the company mention membership in, or partnership with, multi-stakeholder initiatives that address modern slavery issues?
Answer:
Yes
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Walk Free
2021
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"P6 Continuing our partnership with the World Cocoa Foundation and participating in key industry initiatives such as the

Cocoa & Forest Initiative, which directly inform how we address underlying issues such as poverty that contribute to

situations of human rights and forced labor. We also rely on these groups to engage as an industry with local governments

in West Africa to discuss opportunities to prevent and address risks associated with child and forced labor." "P7 Serving on the board of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), which drives the industry approach, opinions and public

statements, programs and best practices, and in-country organizational resource allocation towards eliminating child and

forced labor in the cocoa supply chain in West Africa. ICI is also an important platform for industry (including Hershey) to

engage the Governments of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana on topics like child and forced labor."

Gabby.....2022-07-01 02:52:05 UTC