24 The Hershey Company | 2021 ESG Report Cocoa The Big Picture Our Company Cocoa Responsible Sourcing and Human Rights Environment Our People Youth Community About This Report Working to Eliminate Child Labor Hershey does not tolerate Identifying and Addressing Due to case-by-case differences between child labor and/or forced What Is Child Labor? Child Labor child labor situations, remediation can be done Hershey uses the International Labour at the child, household or community level. labor within our value Organization (ILO) definition: Our regular review of key risks in the cocoa Remediation responsiveness, therefore, can chain and has formed supply chain (as outlined in our cocoa due range from almost instant (e.g., household Child labor is work that is mentally, diligence process on page 23) continues awareness training that is conducted when strategic partnerships physically, socially or morally dangerous to highlight the importance of monitoring, data is collected and/or cases found) to 6–18 with communities, NGOs, and harmful to children and/or interferes preventing and remediating instances of months (e.g., renovation of classrooms or with their schooling. child labor. school canteens to get kids back to school). governments and suppliers Not all work performed by children, such as CLMRS, championed by the ICI and proven Children identified as victims of child labor to eliminate it from helping their parents around the home and to be an effective measure in helping to receive two or three follow-up visits over occurring within cocoa assisting in a family business, is classified as protect against child labor, is the leading several months to establish whether they are child labor. Such activities are sometimes method of child labor detection and out of child labor. Continued monitoring then communities. referred to as “light work.” remediation among children aged 5–17 years reveals whether those children stay out of child The worst forms of child labor put children old. It is implemented by supply chain partners labor consistently or are identified once more In cocoa-growing communities, child labor is a at the greatest risk and are the highest and community-based groups that identify engaging in potentially hazardous activities. complex issue resulting from a mix of poverty, priority for elimination. Most instances child labor and monitor and help remediate cultural norms and misunderstandings about of inappropriate child labor involve tasks when cases are found. Supply chain partners what constitutes appropriate child work. In such as carrying heavy loads like firewood are responsible for collecting and reporting on many communities, child-appropriate work or water, contact with agrochemicals or this data. on the family farm or in the household is an clearing of land with sharp tools. Hershey began implementing industry aligned important part of young people’s learning and Child labor is distinct from forced labor, best practice CLMRS executed by supply chain cultural development. However, a lack of stable which is defined by the ILO as: and community partners in 2018. Supply chain income and educational opportunities in rural and community partners identify potential child areas can lead families to depend on children Situations in which persons are coerced labor situations and investigate, monitor and putting in long hours at home and on the farms, to work through the use of violence or remediate when cases are found. For Hershey, which are often the families’ sole source of intimidation, or by more subtle means “remediated” means that through our supply income. Paired with lack of awareness about such as accumulated debt, retention of chain partners a child has received mitigation appropriate work, this puts children at risk of identity papers or threats of denunciation efforts appropriate to their situation, such as performing farm work that is hazardous to their to immigration authorities. being enrolled in school. As a result, the child health and development. no longer participates in activities defined as Not only does child labor pose a potential Hershey is a member of ICI’s Forced Labor child labor and is no longer at risk of being danger to children, it also plays a role in further Sub-Group, working with our peers and enlisted to undertake these activities. entrenching intergenerational poverty in technical experts to advance knowledge, rural communities. skills, and action on preventing, monitoring, identifying and addressing forced labor in Hershey has developed a multifaceted cocoa supply chains. approach that includes improving community and farmer awareness. We also invest in preventive, supplier-led approaches that monitor farmers to check that child labor is not occurring and providing resources and oversight to help remediate instances of child labor if they are found.