The Hershey Company Releases 2022 ESG Report
HERSHEY, Pa., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today shared its 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, outlining progress toward its key sustainability priorities and goals. Our Shared Goodness Promise, Hershey's global sustainability strategy, guides how the company incorporates responsible and sustainable practices into every aspect of its business to drive long-term business resilience and growth. In 2022, Hershey reaffirmed its most material issues through its inaugural double materiality assessment and an update to the company's most salient human rights issues. The company remains focused on improving cocoa farming communities, ensuring human rights for people across its value chain, reducing its impact on the planet and creating a stronger and more resilient workforce.
- HERSHEY, Pa., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today shared its 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report , outlining progress toward its key sustainability priorities and goals.
- In 2022, Hershey reaffirmed its most material issues through its inaugural double materiality assessment and an update to the company's most salient human rights issues.
- Additional cocoa highlights from 2022 include:
Increasing sourcing visibility: In 2022, Hershey achieved 77% cocoa sourcing visibility by volume in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana and is on track to reach 100% sourcing visibility by 2025. - The company also invested nearly $1.5 million in high-efficiency equipment to reduce well water usage at our company headquarters in Hershey, PA.
Hershey employees help the company realize its purpose to Make More Moments of Goodness each and every day.