Written by Jessica Dinaboli and Jonathan Stempble
New York (Reuters) -Between Wagiri filed a censorship law Unilever (LON 🙂 On Friday, her mother company accused of suppressing a social policy statement, the American ice cream maker wanted to release him because he mentioned President Donald Trump.
This claim came in a modified complaint filed in the Manhattan Federal Court, where Ben & Jerry was accused in November of silencing his attempts to express his support for Palestinian refugees, end military aid to Israel, and threaten to dismantle its independent council.
Ben & Jerry’s want the court to edit the Board of Directors to continue supervising its social mission, and asks Unilever to honor its commitment to forming $ 25 million of payments for the groups chosen by the ice cream company.
Unilever and Ben & Jerry did not respond immediately for suspension requests.
Both companies have been in dispute since 2021 when Ben & Jerry decided to stop selling cherries Garcia, and to withdraw the fat and other ice cream flavors in the West Bank occupied by Israel because it was inconsistent with the values ​​of the company.
This has prompted some investors to strip the shares of Unilever and Ben & Geerez to prosecute her father for selling her Israeli business to a local license.
In 2022, a settlement from Unilever required respect for the independent Ben & Jerry Council and the social mission, in addition to holding $ 25 million of payments.
London -based Unilever has announced plans for its role in the field of ice cream, including Ben & Jerry’s, to simplify its product portfolio and reduce costs. The lawsuit, however, can hold these plans.
“It does not help, because at any time you have a cloud, it makes it difficult to either sell or rotate it. It affects people’s interpretation of its value,” said Charles Elson, a retired university of Dilayer University. Professor and expert of corporate governance.
Donald Trump, Nelson Plez and Eileon Musk
In the modified complaint, Ben & Geerez said that its administration and council, with inputs from the head of the universal litigation of Unilever, worked after Trump’s election in a post to be issued on the opening day, and discussing hot button issues such as abortion, climate change, minimum wages and comprehensive health care.
But on January 18, two days before Trump’s inauguration, the president of Unilever Company for Ice Cream Peter Ter Coulf said by one side of Ben & Jerry from the publication of the post because he mentioned specifically “Donald Trump”.
Ben & Jerry said that Ter Collef seemed to be building his decision on intuition, while ignoring the company’s history in the Trump administration challenge.
Ter Kulf also said a meeting in the city hall, where he described how the Board of Directors of Unilever Nelson Bilz, a Trump supporter, the President to Elon Musk, Tesla (Nasdak 🙂 Foundation and Trump closure.
According to Ter Kulve, Al-Shakawi said, “Despite four decades of progressive social activity-and the selecting of the Trump administration’s policies specifically-Trump is now very taboo for the brand synonymous with peace, love and ice cream. ” ”
Many companies have reduced retail, banking services and other support this month for programs whose visual impact raised opposition from Trump and its supporters.
Payment resistance
Ben & Jerry was founded by Bin Cohen and Jerry Greenfield at a renovated gas station in 1978, and kept its socially conscious mission after it was bought by Unilever in 2000.
According to the amended complaint, Ben & Jerry plans to direct $ 5 million from Utyver to human rights groups, and $ 20 million over 10 years to support Palestinian almond farmers and almond supplier in fair trade that they have used for a long time.
She said that Unilever opposed $ 5 million of payments because it believes it would support “Palestinian human rights”, and did not get the second batch of $ 2.5 million.
Ben & Jerry also said that Ter Collef resisted the payment of $ 20 million because he did not like the settlement of 2022 and did not hear about the almond supplier.
Dozens of other Unilever products include soap pigeon, Hellman, Knorr Bouillon, Surf Pastergent and Vaseline Petroleum Jelly.
