Hershey has set and is working toward several ambitious goals designed to help us create positive change across global environmental and social areas, supported by robust governance. We publicly track and report our progress to stay transparent and accountable.
60%
of cocoa sourced in 2020 from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana was considered direct sourced.
97%
of direct-sourced cocoa is covered by CLMRS. We estimate this is about 58% of the way to our goal.
23.7%
reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions compared to 2018.
12.6%
reduction in Scope 3 emissions compared to 2018.
2.26 million
pounds of packaging reduced in 2020 (cumulative progress to be reported in future years. These numbers do not include Amplify's 1.65 million pound reduction in packaging weight in 2020.
77%
of total product packaging currently recylcable (by weight).
21%
of the Hershey workforce identifies as a person of color.
48.1%
of the Hershey workforce are women
6,705,120
children have been reached through The Heartwarming Project partnerships
6,086,000
children have been reached through The Heartwarming Project partnerships
6,710,696
children have been reached through The Heartwarming Project partnerships
27,142
children receive ViVi on a daily basis
57,000
children receive ViVi on a daily basis
58,300
children receive ViVi on a daily basis
$16.9 Million
in cash donated
$10.9 Million
in cash donated
$12.2 Million
in cash donated
62,256
employee volunteer hours
133,600
employee volunteer hours
135,805
employee volunteer hours