Ben & Jerry’s years-long struggle to defend its progressive social mission from parent-company pressure escalated this week, as The Magnum Ice Cream Company accused the brand’s former board chair of ...

By Alexander Marrow and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Ben & Jerry’s years‑long struggle to defend its ...

Ben & Jerry’s has accused Unilever, its parent company, of unlawfully removing the ice cream maker’s CEO because of his social and political activism. It’s not the first time Ben & Jerry’s has sued ...

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen has accused Magnum Ice Cream Company of using “Orwellian” tactics to oust board members and muzzle the brand’s social mission – which has included support of ...

Explore how Ben & Jerry’s feud with its parent escalated into a legal fight over board control, governance changes and ...

Three directors have been ousted from the independent board of Ben & Jerry's. Newly listed Magnum inherited the row from Unilever when it officially spun off into an independent company last week.

The independent board for the iconic ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's said their parent company Unilever Plc, froze the salaries of its directors in July as a way to put pressure on the company as it ...

Ben & Jerry’s, a subsidiary of newly spun-off Magnum Ice Cream (MICC), plans to limit the number of years a member can serve on the company’s board amid efforts to bring the Vermont-based ice cream ...

Late last year, the company I co-founded, Ben & Jerry’s, became part of a new ice cream conglomerate, The Magnum Ice Cream Company, following the demerger of Unilever’s ice cream business. Almost ...