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The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company is among the largest chocolate and confectionery manufacturers in the world. It markets, sells, and distributes products through a portfolio that includes more than 80 brands, with sales across 85 countries. In addition to chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery, The Hershey Company’s portfolio includes gum and mint products, snack items such as popcorn and protein bars, meat snacks and pantry items including baking ingredients, toppings, and beverages. The Hershey Company purchases cocoa products, its primary raw material, from third-party suppliers who source beans grown in Asia, West Africa, and Central and South America.

Summary

The Hershey Company ranks fifth in the Gender Benchmark, and first in the food and agriculture sector with a score of 44.8 out of 100. The company demonstrates leadership across almost all measurement areas, ranking first in the representation, second in the health and well-being, and sixth in the compensation and benefits areas. Still, it has an opportunity to improve in the marketplace and community measurement area.

The Hershey Company is among the 13 companies that assess and prioritize gender-related human rights impacts as being salient.

The company can enhance its policies by adopting a global primary caregiver leave policy and aligning it with ILO standards of at least 14 weeks. It can also adopt a similar global secondary caregiver leave policy of at least 2 weeks. It also has the opportunity to share its remediation process for addressing violence and harassment grievances in the workplace. This would contribute to increased transparency and accountability in addressing these critical issues.

Ranking position: #5 /112
Total score: 44.8 /100

Measurement area	Score	Rank (0-112)
Governance and strategy	#1 9.3 /20	#11
Representation	#1 9.5 /17.5	#1
Compensation and benefits	#1 7.1 /17.5	#6
Health and well-being	#1 12.0 /17.5	#2
Violence and harassment	#1 4.4 /17.5	#33
Marketplace and community	#1 2.5 /10	#38
Total score	44.8 /100	#5

Value chain element	Score
Workplace	14.4 /35
Supply chain	18.6 /35

Segment
Food and Agriculture	#1

More about the company

Headquarters: Hershey, PA, USA
Number of employees: 18990
Percentage of female employees: 48%
Group revenue: USD 8,971 billion
Ownership structure: Publicly listed
Website: https://www.thehersheycompany.com/