公司治理变动 - 联合创始人Jerry Greenfield在任职近50年后退出公司 因与母公司联合利华存在理念冲突[1] - 联合利华正在将其冰淇淋业务分拆为独立公司Magnum Ice Cream Company[3] 品牌价值观冲突 - 品牌长期关注社会活动 但母公司被指在全球议题上压制品牌发声[2] - 2021年公司宣布停止在以色列占领的西岸地区销售导致双方紧张关系升级[2] - 联合利华表示不认同创始人观点 试图通过建设性对话强化品牌价值定位[3] 历史协议与独立性 - 2000年与联合利华的合并协议原本旨在保护公司独立性[2] - 创始人强调品牌不仅是冰淇淋更是传播爱与推动社会公平正义的载体[3]

This story was originally published on CFO Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily CFO Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: Unilever appointed Srinivas Phatak, who has spent nearly three decades at the company in such roles as deputy financial officer and group control and most recently served as interim finance chief, to be its permanent CFO, according to a press release Tuesday. He was also appointed to the board, effective immediately. The move comes just months after Phatak was ...

公司核心事件 - Ben & Jerry's联合创始人Jerry Greenfield在为公司服务47年后宣布辞职 [2] - 辞职主要原因是其母公司联合利华未遵守2000年收购时关于社会正义承诺的约定 [2] - 联合利华旗下Magnum冰淇淋公司表示不认同Greenfield的观点 并致力于延续Ben & Jerry's的遗产 [4] 创始人立场与历史冲突 - Greenfield指出20年前与联合利华达成的独特合并协议旨在永久保障公司的社会使命和价值观 [3] - Greenfield认为联合利华同意的独立性现已消失 公司业务始终超越冰淇淋本身 [3] - 联合创始人与联合利华多次因社会议题声明产生冲突 包括去年就加沙战争支持巴勒斯坦问题对公司提起诉讼 [5] 市场反应与公司声明 - 联合利华在美国上市的股票周三早盘小幅上涨 [6] - 联合利华表示已寻求与两位联合创始人进行建设性对话 以加强Ben & Jerry's基于价值观的市场地位 [4]

There won't be a Jerry at Ben & Jerry's anymore. Jerry Greenfield, one of the ice cream brand's co-founders, said late Tuesday that he was leaving the company.Greenfield criticized the ice-cream brand's parent company, Unilever, in his announcement, saying that it had silenced the brand's speech on social and political issues. "It's with a broken heart that I've decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee at Ben & Jerry's," Greenfield wrote in a statement shared by ...

Jerry Greenfield said he's quitting the ice-cream company he co-founded with Ben Cohen. ...

Good morning from San Francisco. Today’s leaders face a paradox: the incredible speed of change in the workplace, alongside a deep human need for connection, which requires courage and vulnerability.This was the focus of New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown’s keynote on Monday at Workday Rising 2025, the technology company’s annual user conference. Brown explained that we can choose to be on “team technology” or “team human,” but “the future will belong to those of us who can straddle the paradox o ...

The Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has stepped away from the ice-cream brand after nearly 50 years, claiming it has lost its independence and accusing its parent company, Unilever, of having “silenced” its social mission.Greenfield said in a letter posted by his co-founder, Ben Cohen, that he could no longer “in good conscience” remain an employee of a business that he argued had been muzzled by the UK-listed Unilever, despite an agreement protecting its social mission when it was taken over in 2 ...

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the company, as the divide with parent Unilever grew over its stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. His partner, Ben Cohen, shared Greenfield's open letter on X on Wednesday, saying it was a "difficult decision." Greenfield had been with the company for 47 years."This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made," Greenfield wrote in the letter. "This isn't because I've lost my love for the people at Ben & Jerry's. Quite ...

(L-R) Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia during their Scoop The Vote tour to get-out-the-vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats down the ballot on September 16, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has stepped down from the ice cream maker after nearly 50 years amid an ongoing row with parent company Unilever.In an open letter shared on Wednesday ...

Jerry Greenfield said he was leaving the ice-cream brand because it was no longer allowed to stand behind social justice issues that were core to its business. ...