Question: Does the company describe a grievance mechanism to facilitate whistle-blowing or the reporting of suspected incidents of slavery or trafficking?
Answer:
Hotline, Email, Contact Form (direct employees),
Hotline, Email, Contact Form (supply chain workers),
Whistleblower protection (direct employees),
Whistleblower protection (supply chain workers)
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Hotline for direct employees is explicitly stated, but channels for supply chain workers are alluded to and not explicitly mentioned.

 

Grievance mechanisms, such as our Concern Line(available in more than 47 languages and accessible to our suppliers) and our palm grievance log, help us understand the nature of the complaints against our company and our supply chain and effective remediation strategies.

• Our social compliance auditing programming surfaces labor and human rights related performance and activity (both positive and negative) within our own manufacturing base and those of our Tier 1 suppliers – and more importantly opens a dialogue for sharing concerns, best practices, and where training and investment is needed for continuous improvemen

Jada Bullen.....2021-11-19 13:02:20 UTC

They have also developed specific grievance mechanisms for Palm Oil and Cocoa workers.

Rachel Causey.....2021-11-19 17:49:44 UTC

"Should any employee, customer, consumer or business partner have concerns about the conduct of The Hershey Company or its partners, they may confidentially report concerns at www.HersheysConcern.com"

theresah.....2023-03-02 09:26:26 UTC