4 Policy Statements from Ben & Jerry’s Black Lives Matter Statement

Ben & Jerry’s social impact background:

• 1985 created the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
• Employee-led grant program
• In 2018 distributed $2.7 million to support grassroots organizing for social and environmental justice
• Shares its values transparently & on its products
• Provides premiums to dairy farmers who achieve levels of sustainable agriculture and also dignified livelihoods for their farm workers

How is Ben & Jerry’s entity organized?

• B Corp
• It is a purpose-driven business owned by a multinational company
• & it is profitable

The 4 Policy Actions Ben & Jerry’s calls for in its statement:

• Elected officials must commit to a formal process of healing and reconciliation
• “Congress to pass H.R. 40, legislation that would create a commission to study the effects of slavery and discrimination from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies”
• Create a national task force to draft bipartisan legislation aimed at ending racial violence and increasing police accountability
• Reinstate DOJ’s Civil Rights Division that has been rolled back

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