68 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 2021: Living DEI at Hershey It’s been a year since Mixing Remote Work And despite not walking into an office culture we launched our most and Inclusive Culture daily, Amber’s still been able to experience the Leading the Way for Women inclusivity of Hershey’s culture. “I am a co-lead We could not be prouder to have been ambitious DEI goals and, of the Women’s BRG (WBRG) and that’s helped listed number one on Forbes’ ranking of the as a company, we’ve me meet a lot of people while giving back to the World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies Amber Murayi, Hershey community. I really encourage my team in 2021. come a long way. Vice President of Strategy, members to think about what BRG they might Hershey want to join. I also got to meet almost every To determine the list, 150,000 full-time In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, member of the executive team early on. They and part-time workers from 58 countries the killing of Breonna Taylor and the injustices shared their learnings and networks — an open working for multinational companies and committed against Christian Cooper, among Amber Murayi joined Hershey during the display of how Hershey culture transcends all institutions were anonymously surveyed. others, we took a long hard look at where pandemic when remote working was the levels of employees.” The respondents were asked to rate Hershey could do more to fight for racial justice. only option. She understands first-hand how their willingness to recommend their We then rapidly implemented concrete plans to Hershey has been adapting our unique and own employers to friends and family and transform and amplify DEI across our company welcoming culture to ensure that remote evaluate other companies in their industry. and our communities. colleagues feel included. Under our first female CEO, Michele Buck, From providing unconscious bias training “The great thing about Hershey is that everyone women today make up 42% of our board. aligned to moments that matter to growing is friendly and engaging. As soon as I started, I Thanks to our Pathways Project goals, our pool of diverse recruiting sources and was setting up team meetings and one-on-one we aim to ensure women comprise 50% overhauling career paths and possibilities, we sessions. Meeting people was the top priority. of our overall workforce and 42% of our are now a new and even better Hershey. And in every conversation, I was given the leadership by 2025. In 2020, we achieved names of three additional people to talk to. 1-to-1 aggregate gender pay equity for But challenges remain. Some are familiar, like Having such an open company culture helps salaried employees in the U.S. (excluding the difficulty of attracting diverse talent to our remote employees get plugged in quickly. You recent acquisitions). In 2021, we achieved rural Pennsylvania location. Others are new, feel like you were walking the halls and got 1-to-1 aggregate POC pay equity for like the impact of a global pandemic. As the introduced to people on the way.” salaried employees in the U.S. (excluding pandemic continued to change the landscape Amber experienced how quickly Hershey recent acquisitions). of the American workforce, a key question for pivoted to adapt to processes that worked For additional details about Hershey became: how do we make this work for everyone’s new normal in a virtual work Hershey’s diversity KPIs, see for us? And what does inclusion in Hershey’s environment. “There is an intentionality around page 74. culture mean when we can’t all be together? in-person interactions that allows for remote employees to plan for virtual collaboration and everyone now makes the most out of those interactions. Up to 70% of my team is remote but we try to spend three days on-site together every quarter, where one of those days is just about team bonding.”