
A federal judge ruled that the ice cream maker did not show it would be harmed by the continued sale of its products in the West Bank.
A federal judge ruled that the ice cream maker did not show it would be harmed by the continued sale of its products in the West Bank.
It wasn’t until 2014 that I scrolled down the list of shareholders and came across Kenward Elmslie’s name.
The Vermont-based ice cream giant’s independent board filed a complaint on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in New York, seeking to prevent the sale of its ice cream in the occupied West Bank.
The sale comes after years of controversy around the ice cream company’s operations in the country.
Former gubernatorial candidate James Ehlers has brought a class action suit against the Vermont ice cream maker and its parent company.
Many well known Vermont companies have been sold out of state, which can bring new cash and opportunities.
The suit, filed by a consumer advocacy group, accuses the Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s of failing to live up to claims of being environmentally and agriculturally friendly.
For 20 years I’ve been engaging Ben & Jerry’s, showing them the damage that it is doing at every level, from the atrazine report in 1997 to the GMO report in 2016 and a slew of face-to-face meetings in between.
It’s time to stop pretending that Ben & Jerry’s is a socially or environmentally conscious corporation.
Seventh Generation is based in Burlington and known for making plant-based cleaning products. Unilever already owns another iconic Vermont brand, Ben & Jerry's.
Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Unilever, spent $467,100 against ballot measure Proposition 37, the recent failed referendum to mandate GMO labeling, in California last year. But Ben & Jerry’s has distanced itself from the actions of its parent company, despite a call for a national boycott against Ben & Jerry’s and other firms whose corporate parents […]