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"• Cocoa, sugar, and palm oil present the most significant risks of forced labor due to the nature of their value chains and
geography. These ingredients remain the focus areas for Hershey’s human rights and responsible sourcing efforts.
• While cocoa is sourced from multiple regions, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana remain the focus of our sustainable cocoa sourcing
efforts, including the implementation of Child Labor Monitoring & Remediation Systems (CLMRS). Based on identified
risks, Hershey has committed all cocoa from Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana in our supply chain will be sourced directly through
our suppliers by 2025. We also committed to 100% CLMRS coverage of our directly sourced cocoa in these two countries
by 2025. We have found 0 instances of forced labor in our supply chain to date.
• Child Labor & Forced labor risks in sugarcane exist across multiple origins, including but not limited to Mexico, Brazil and
Belize. We are currently working on an updated sustainable sugar sourcing strategy in 2021.
• Child labor and forced labor risks in palm oil exist across multiple origins from which Hershey sources, including Indonesia
and Malaysia. Hershey updated our Responsible Palm Oil Sourcing Policy to further strengthen our requirements around
an exploitation-free palm supply chain, including promoting and following ethical recruitment, hiring and employment
practices in line with the Priority Industry Principles."
pg. 4
"Our risk assessment approach and active engagement in the Responsible Labor Initiative indicates that responsible recruitment risks remain higher in South and East Asia. However, we monitor risks globally for all vulnerable groups such as migrant workers and women, including tracking the number and geographic locations of migrant workers in our broader supply chain through supplier audits."
pg. 5
"Cocoa, sugar and palm oil continue to present risks of forced labor due to the nature of their value chains and a range of social and economic factors in the regions where they are produced."
"While cocoa is sourced from multiple regions, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana remain the focus of our responsible cocoa sourcing efforts, including the implementation of Child Labor Monitoring & Remediation Systems (“CLMRS”). "
"Child labor and forced labor risks in sugarcane exist across multiple origins, including but not limited to Mexico, Brazil and the Dominican Republic"
"Child labor and forced labor risks in palm oil exist across multiple origins from which Hershey sources, including Indonesia and Malaysia."
Outside of Malaysia, Hershey has very few migrant workers in our contract labor population.
However, we believe that any contracted labor population is at risk of vulnerabilities and therefore focus on the
management systems and practices that promote responsible recruitment practices amongst all contracted
labor. 7