Mondelēz International Scales Up Human Rights Due Diligence Across Own Operations and Supply Chain

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Releases Annual 2025 Progress Report Achieves ~100% Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) coverage of Cocoa Life communities in West Africa1Achieves ~100% SMETA audit coverage across our owned manufacturing plants over the past 3 yearsExpands Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) coverage of suppliers and audited ~1,200+ suppliers CHICAGO , June 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mondelēz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLZ) today, in observance of World Day Against Child Labor June 12, released its 2025 Human Rights Due Diligence and Modern Slavery Report, outlining the company’s continued progress to help prevent, identify and address potential human rights and modern slavery risks across its operations and value chain. “We continue to believe that helping to drive positive change at scale across the communities our business touches is an integral part of value creation. Simply put, we believe that more sustainable business is, and always will be, good business,” said Darren O’Brien, Chief Corporate & Government Affairs Officer & Chief Cocoa Officer, Mondelēz International. “That’s why an enhanced human rights due diligence approach enables us to increase focus and scale, meeting our long-term goals and addressing systemic human rights issues in ingredient supply chains through meaningful partnerships.”Scaling Due Diligence across the Value Chain Mondelēz International continues to scale its human rights due diligence (HRDD) approach across its own operations and value chain: ~100% of owned manufacturing sites (vs. ~96% in ’24) and ~99% of prioritized tier-1 suppliers (vs. ~98% in ’24) have completed third-party SMETA audits in the past 3 years.~1,200+ prioritized tier-1 supplier sites audited in 2025, expanding HRDD coverage of suppliers.~100 strategic suppliers for Mondelēz International engaged in joint industry trainings across key sourcing countries Brazil, India, Mexico and the US, to help suppliers implement HRDD leading practices since 2024.~50,000 colleagues trained on human rights issues, including ~7,000 in manufacturing and logistics and ~3,000 in key stewardship roles, since launching its dedicated Human Rights Policy in 2021. As part of its focus on prioritized ingredients, Mondelēz International continued scaling its signature cocoa sustainability program, Cocoa Life, in 2025: Reached our 2025 goal of ~100% Child Labor Monitoring & R...

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