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Corporate Social Responsibility: Resource Conservation
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Dagoba uses 100% recycled paper for office use, marketing materials and box packaging.
Resource Conservation
We support environmental organizations in our communities, including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Pennsylvania Resource Council Lens on Litter Program and the Pennsylvania Envirothon.

Reducing product packaging has been a primary focus. The following are some improvements made from 2005-2007:

  • By changing the packaging for ICE BREAKERS Mints the company realized a 43% decrease in total package weight. This results in 90 fewer truckloads of container weight being transported annually and 1.8 million pounds less waste.
  • A change in caps for HERSHEY'S Syrup means that 63 fewer truckloads of inbound caps are transported annually, and 360,000 pounds less waste.
  • We converted corrugated cases to high-performance paper liner boards. This reduced paper-based fibers used by 15%, saving thousands of tons of material per year.
  • We moved to a lighter gauge of flexible packaging for packaged candy and snack items, resulting in a 10% reduction in materials used.
  • We changed to a lighter foil on HERSHEY'S NUGGETS, HERSHEY'S MINIATURES, REESE'S MINIATURES and HERSHEY'S KISSES products, reducing aluminum use by 10%.

We also work on reducing our impact in other ways:

  • We're measuring our Greenhouse Gas emissions, including CO2, and identifying ways to reduce our impact.
  • Hershey strives to use fuel-saving transportation.
  • We use energy-efficient lighting and refrigeration units.
  • Dagoba Organic Chocolate supplies 100% of its factory energy with renewable energy and is partnering with Hershey to fund forest restoration to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from business travel and employee commuting at its Ashland factory.
  • Dagoba works to meet zero waste throughout the product lifecycle, focusing on source reduction, resource conservation, and by using renewable, recyclable packaging materials.

Our Canadian division is based in a LEED Certified "green" building, designed to be environmentally friendly and save costs through the use of ecologically-sound materials and methods, and energy-efficient systems.