93 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 About This Report About This Report This ESG Report covers the 2021 calendar year, These forward-looking statements reflect This is The Hershey Company’s 10th report. which is also our fiscal year. our current assumptions and expectations, For this publication, we transitioned from Select environmental data within this ESG including statements regarding our sustainability to ESG reporting. The 2021 Report has been assured by Quantis, an environmental, social and governance targets, ESG Report covers our most material ESG independent verifier. goals, commitments and programs and other topics and the issues where we can have the business plans, initiatives and objectives. We greatest impact. All financial figures are reported in U.S. dollars, are subject to changing economic, competitive, unless otherwise stated. regulatory and technological risks and We believe that transparency is essential to We welcome any feedback you have on our uncertainties that could have a material impact living our values and operating responsibly, ESG disclosures. Please direct inquires to on our actual future results. which is why we seek to provide the greatest [email protected]. For information on factors that could cause disclosure possible in our reports. To support our actual results to differ materially from the our commitment, we report against the Forward-looking Statements forward-looking statements, please see The following ESG frameworks and standards: Hershey Company’s filings with the Securities • GRI Report (Comprehensive option) This ESG Report contains certain forward- and Exchange Commission, including our looking statements within the meaning of the most recent annual report on Form 10-K • SASB Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. and subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Many of these forward-looking statements 8-K. The Hershey Company undertakes no Disclosures (TCFD) can be identified by the use of words such as obligation to publicly update or revise any • United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” forward-looking statements to reflect “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” actual results, changes in expectations or • UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework “intend,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” events or circumstances after the date of this (UN GPRF) “strategy,” “target” and similar terms, and ESG Report. • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) future or conditional tense verbs like “could,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “will” and “would,” In addition to these reports, ESG-related among others. policies and resources can be found on our Sustainability Reports, Policies and Resources webpage.