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Professors Page and Katz Cited in New York Times Article on Social Mission of Ben & Jerry's
08/25/2015
In a recent article in the New York Times, reporter David Gelles focuses on how Ben & Jerry’s mission to “make the world a better place” was preserved even through its takeover by corporate giant Unilever. Professor Robert Katz and Vice Dean Antony Page, who have written widely on Social Benefit Corporations, including the Ben & Jerry's case, are cited in the piece.
“Ben & Jerry’s went to great lengths to fulfill its mission, according to Antony Page and Robert Katz, Indiana University law professors who wrote a paper on the Unilever acquisition. The company sourced from regional organic dairy farms. IT used only milk that did not contain artificial growth hormones. It went to court for the right to label its ice cream hormone-free. It developed chemical-free containers. IT made fair-trade and organic ingredients priorities. And it reduced its garbage output.”
The article titled “How the Social Mission of Ben & Jerry’s Survived Being Gobbled Up” appeared on August 21, 2015.
It relies on research by Professors Page and Katz that appeared in their article "Freezing out Ben & Jerry: Corporate Law and the Sale of a Social Enterprise Icon." Page and Katz also wrote about Ben & Jerry's in an article entitled "The Truth About Ben & Jerry's" published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
