The company statement states that it will explore more KPIs but also shares goals of reaching 100% sustainable sourcing:
We will continue to explore more specific KPIs that will help us track effectiveness in our efforts to promote human rights and address forced labor.
Respecting human rights is a continuous effort and we are committed to revisiting and reassessing our approach in light of new best practices, changes in the external environment and landscape and the evolution of our business model and footprint. We will also continue to publish our Responsible Sourcing efforts on our corporate website as well as in our annual Sustainability Report.
Our focus areas for 2021can be found on our website and include:• Accelerate efforts to address child labor in cocoa: Deliver on our commitment that 100% of the cocoa in our products that originates from Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana will be sourced directly by 2025 and expand Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) to 100% across these two countries by 2025.
• Expand supply chain human rights due diligence: Deliver our goal of enrollment of 100% of high risk-suppliers in our supplier program by 2021 (~450 suppliers), expand responsible recruitment program to 100% of in-scope labor service providers (~90 suppliers), and remediate 100% of any child or forced labor-related findings though corrective actions plans and investments in supplier training & capability building.
• Strengthen employee training: Maintain 100% completion rate of the Hershey Human Rights E-learning program for all procurement employees, expand mandatory human rights training to at least two additional departments, and train Hershey procurement and human resources managers of contingent labor providers on preventing forced labor through the Responsible Labor Initiative (RLI) e-Learning platform.
• Promote a living wage & income within our value chain: Share our position on living wage & income in our value chain