[Hershey] Sourcemap highlighted in Hershey’s CFI Annual Report 2020

Sourcemap is highlighted in Hershey’s CFI Annual Report 2020 in their Pillar 1: Forest Protection and Restoration section. Read below on how Sourcemap helps Hershey with farm mapping and monitoring.

“One of Hershey’s Cocoa For Good Program objectives is to curb deforestation in the supply chain. One key cornerstone of this goal is the mapping of all cocoa farms that are part of our programs. Farm mapping is a lengthy process. Farm polygons need to be collected and go through a meticulous process of validation before being considered final. To address this lag, we also collect single GPS waypoints for our immediate monitoring actions in compliance and traceability.

Under our partnership with Sourcemap, we conduct yearly deforestation and location risk assessment in our supply chain. In 2020, this covered more than 10,422 hectares in Ghana. Farms supported by Cocoa For Good, showed an annual tree cover loss of cultivated cocoa area of 1 % in 2020. This is lower than the national annual tree cover loss rates of 1.3 % for Ghana (2019 Global Forest Watch).

So far, we have mapped 19,309 cocoa plots belonging to 12,859 farmers in our supply chain since 2018. Using our geospatial satellite monitoring tool with our partner Sourcemap, and cross-validating with our supplier’s systems, national forest laws, Rainforest Alliance and CFI, our suppliers reported that 468 farm plots in 2020 were located in protected areas. Decision is pending whether farm locations are permitted or need to be removed from the supply chain. Our local supplier is engaging with authorities.”

- Hershey CFI Annual Report 2020 page 08.