72 The Hershey Company | 2021 ESG Report The Big Picture Our Company Cocoa Responsible Sourcing and Human Rights Environment Our People Youth Community About This Report Our People How Our BRGs Are • Employees benefited from monthly well-being Driving Diversity webinars, eight of which were sponsored by the Abilities First BRG. Our eight employee-led BRGs — Abilities First, • Gender neutral restrooms were installed in Black Heritage, Asian and Pacific Islander, Hershey’s headquarters, Hershey Technical GenH (Generations), Latino, Prism (LGBTQ), Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the Veterans and Women — are crucial to attracting Annville Fulfillment Center in Annville, diverse talent, providing mentoring and career Pennsylvania,. These are only a few examples of development opportunities, delivering business how our BRGs continue to develop talent and insights and connecting people to the company influence policy for a more inclusive Hershey. and the communities where we work. During 2021, the BRGs continued to deliver outsized impact in driving progress on our DEI ambitions. Over the course of the year, the Black Attending the Lunch ’n Learn Heritage BRG: sessions provided employees • Identified potential share gaps with POC opportunities to reflect, embrace consumers ($40 million Black consumer and cultivate change to the share gap and an $80 million Hispanic/Latino consumer share gap). openness of racial discussions • Influenced incremental Martin Luther King Jr. in the workplace. I found the Day and Juneteenth company holidays. sessions profoundly impactful • Designed and developed the Investing In observing vulnerability from Your Growth Speakers Series with over colleagues’ sharing their 4,000 attendees, as well as the Financial personal race related situations Acumen Lunch ‘n Learn six-part series to and feeling open to sharing my build commercial business skills. own experiences around being During the year, the Women’s BRG: a Black woman. • Collaborated with the HR team to develop the SmartFlex Time Policy for more flexible work schedules, positively impacting employees by LaQuita Smith-Gary, providing flexibility for managing virtual work Director, Employee and personal commitments. Relations and • Worked with our Information Security team Compliance, Hershey to share the Care Connect app, which helps employees access services like transportation, childcare or tutoring. • Held a seven-part career development Lunch ‘n Learn series.