Our Values
Ben & Jerry’s operates on a three-part mission that aims to create linked prosperity for everyone that’s connected to our business: suppliers, employees, farmers, franchisees, customers, and neighbors alike.
Statement of Mission
Ben & Jerry's is founded on & dedicated to a sustainable corporate concept of linked prosperity.
Our mission consists of 3 interrelated parts:
Our three-part Mission guides our decision making.
Our Economic Mission asks us to manage our Company for sustainable financial growth.
Our Social Mission compels us to use our Company in innovative ways to make the world a better place.
Our Product Mission drives us to make fantastic ice cream – for its own sake.
By definition, the manufacturing of products creates waste. We strive to minimize our negative impact on the environment.
We strive to show a deep respect for human beings inside and outside our company and for the communities in which they live.
We seek and support nonviolent ways to achieve peace and justice. We believe government resources are more productively used in meeting human needs than in building and maintaining weapons systems.
Capitalism and the wealth it produces do not create opportunity for everyone equally. We recognize that the gap between the rich and the poor is wider than at any time since the 1920’s. We strive to create economic opportunities for those who have been denied them and to advance new models of economic justice that are sustainable and replicable.
The growing of food is overly reliant on the use of toxic chemicals and other methods that are unsustainable. We support sustainable and safe methods of food production that reduce environmental degradation, maintain the productivity of the land over time, and support the economic viability of family farms and rural communities.
Central To The Mission
Central to the Mission of Ben & Jerry's is the belief that all 3 parts must thrive equally in a manner that commands deep respect for individuals in & outside the Company & supports the communities of which they are a part.
