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Environmental Policy Hershey recognizes that climate change is an increasing threat to the health of the planet, and the company's new comprehensive environmental policy seeks to make meaningful and sustainable change in its impact on the environment. Kakum Cocoa Agroforestry Landscape Program The Hershey Co. has joined forces with cocoa supplier Ecom, Ghana's Nature Conservation Research Centre, the Ghana Forestry Commission and the Ghana Cocoa Board to launch an initiative to protect the forest surrounding the Kakum National Park in Southern Ghana and create a more sustainable cocoa agroforestry system. "Protecting forests and preserving the natural resources of the cocoa-growing areas here in West Africa is good for society and the bottom line," added Hershey's Jeff King, senior director of global sustainability and social impact.