“For more than 20 years under their ownership, Ben & Jerry’s stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world,” he added, noting that their independence to do so was negotiated in their purchasing agreement. “It’s profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone.”
Indeed, Jerry noted that it no longer felt worth it to him to participate in Ben & Jerry’s.
“From the very beginning, Ben and I believed that our values and the pursuit of justice were more important than the company itself,” Jerry expressed. “If the company couldn’t stand up for the things we believed, then it wasn’t worth being a company at all.”
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