Hershey I Our High Quality Ingredients

We’re a company with deeply held commitments. We’re committed to delivering quality products to our customers. To being transparent and open. To having a positive impact on the communities where we operate. And to promoting well-being through balance and moderation.

When it comes to our iconic brands, we’re all about goodness. While our belief is simple, making sure it’s reflected in everything we do takes a lot of planning. First, we listen to consumers like you to better understand what you expect. Then, we develop relationships with farmers and suppliers who deliver our ingredients. And finally, we make sure the information about everything that went into making your favorite snack is available to you.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Simple Ingredients: Designing a Recipe
Hershey’s transition to simple ingredients is anything but simple — so who better to explain some of the complexities than Jim St. John?

Responsible Production & Consumption

Cultivating Sustainable Cocoa and Agricultural Communities
By helping cocoa farmers stay up to date on the latest agricultural practices and providing more opportunities for education in the communities they live in, we are working to ensure a sustainable supply of certified cocoa.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Simple Ingredients, Easy-to-Access Information
In 2015, we announced our commitment to use simpler, more familiar ingredients and began delivering on that promise with the launch of our new Brookside Dark Chocolate Fruit & Nut Bars and the reformulation of our iconic Hershey’s Kisses Milk Chocolates and Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bars, which now contain no artificial flavors but have the same delicious taste—and a simpler label.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SmartLabel: True Transparency for Consumer Products
Hershey’s 2015 CSR Report was released on June 9, and I encourage everyone interested in Hershey and our sustainability work to download and read it. The progress we have made as a company and the positive impact we are having on the world is truly inspiring.

Health & Healthcare

Hershey Partners with Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa to Build Health Center in Cote D’Ivoire
The Hershey Company partnered with cocoa suppliers Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa to fund and build a community health center in Cote d’Ivoire.

Environment

Hershey Expands Sustainable Sourcing Efforts with New Deforestation Commitments
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today made new commitments to help prevent deforestation in its supply chain by launching a comprehensive Pulp and Paper Policy and announcing an update on its efforts to trace its global palm oil supply chain.

Innovation & Technology

Hershey Announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Build a Sustainable Supply Chain to Support Basic Nutrition for Children in Ghana
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) announced a new Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action to train 7,500 farmers in Ghana on improved agronomic practices, empowering them to supply local commercial markets with safe and high-quality peanuts to produce Vivi, a vitamin and mineral-fortified nutritional supplement distributed to school children in Ghana. Hershey commits to 100% local sourcing of peanuts for its production of Vivi by 2018.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Hershey Announces Results of First Phase of Palm Oil Supply Tracing

Responsible Production & Consumption

Hershey to Source Enough Certified and Sustainable Cocoa to Produce Four of its Iconic Chocolate Brands in 2016

Responsible Production & Consumption

Hershey Exceeds Sustainable Cocoa Goals in 2014
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