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Ben & Jerry's SEAR
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Welcome! to Ben & Jerry’s 2007 Social and Environmental Assessment Report. Within this site, you’ll find our thoughts on how well we delivered on our Company’s Social Mission and our environmental commitments last year. While there is plenty that makes us proud in these pages, you’ll also find a candid evaluation of our shortcomings, trade-offs, and opportunities missed in the social and environmental arena in 2007. There are three ways to dig into the report:
Why We Do It We’ve taken time each year since 1989 to compile this report because we continue to believe that it keeps us in touch with our Company’s stated Social Mission. By raising the profile of social and environmental matters inside the Company and recording the impact of our work on the community, this report aids us in our search for business decisions that support all three parts of our Company Mission Statement: Economic, Product, and Social. In addition, the report is an important source of information about the Company for students, journalists, prospective employees, and other interested observers. In this way, it helps us in our quest to keep our values, our actions, and public perceptions in alignment. This is the third year that we’ve issued the report in a fully-linked, easily navigated online format. Previous Ben & Jerry’s Social and Environmental reports are also available. Ben & Jerry’s has not submitted this report to an outside auditor. Nonetheless, we have followed a thorough internal review process in order to ensure that the information we present here is accurate and truthful. In addition, Spence Putnam, a leader in Vermont’s socially responsible business community, reviewed the report and offered independent, critical feedback that helped us to improve the final product. Enjoy! |
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