ecosentidoThe Free Ben & Jerry’s campaign and movement was launched by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield on September 9th 2025. The campaign mission is simple: to call for The Magnum Ice Cream Company to allow Ben & Jerry’s to become an independently owned company, with socially-aligned investors and once again free to honor its #socialmission and live by its #brandvalues, without compromise.
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Dining and CookingBen & Jerry’s Fights Unilever on Social Justice in the Trump Era
As the US celebrated Black History Month in February, Ben & Jerry’s crafted a social media post on keeping the racial-equality fight going even as President Donald Trump rolled back diversity initiatives…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #Ben&Jerry's #blackhistorymonth #diversityinitiatives #FoodTopics #socialmission #Unilever
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2145833/ben-jerrys-fights-unilever-on-social-justice-in-the-trump-era/
Headlines AfricaThey once lived the 'gangster life.' Now they tackle food insecurity in Kenya's slums http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKqTsb #FoodInsecurity #Kenya #SocialMission #SustainableFarming #CommunitySupport
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The #UnitedHealthcare fiasco in USA also holds vital lessons for #Singapore vav the forces wrecking #NTUCIncome's #socialmission in e name of profit🇸🇬
"2023, UH’s denial rate of claims was 32% cf to industry average of 16%. Nonprofits had a far better record than for-profits.. tis disgrace shld remind Democrats of importance of defending traditional Medicare & making it harder for Trump & Musk to trash Medicare in favor of private #insurance prods & billionaire tax cuts"
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-12-11-how-aarp-shills-for-unitedhealthcare/
What the surprise decision on #Income-Allianz deal says abt #Singapore #government’s priorities
"Income hadn't kept to its promise.. no clear binding provisions or protections in deal to ensure Income’s #socialmission will be discharged.. Much now rests on quality of Income’s #management & #board to make changes if necessary, incl'g to its own organisational structure. #Singaporeans hope tt as a result, it will be even more committed to its social mission & deliver on it"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/singapore-income-insurance-allianz-deal-government-priorities-4679031
"Income hadn't kept to its promise.. no clear binding provisions or protections in deal to ensure Income’s #socialmission will be discharged.. Much now rests on quality of Income’s #management & #board to make changes if necessary, incl'g to its own organisational structure. #Singaporeans hope tt as a result, it will be even more committed to its social mission & deliver on it"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/singapore-income-insurance-allianz-deal-government-priorities-4679031
Commentary: What the surprise decision on Income-Allianz deal says about the Singapore government’s priorities
The Singapore government’s decision to block the Income-Allianz deal is telling of the new leadership’s willingness to act when there are important principles at stake, says former veteran newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang.
#Singapore Income’s deal w Allianz raises fears of #profit over #socialmission
"In a letter in ST Jan 2022, CEO Income Andrew Yeo said e exercise wld only change Income’s legal form & e new entity wld remain an #NTUC #socialenterprise. “NTUC Enterprise will continue to be e #majorityshareholder of e new entity”.. former Gp CEO #NTUCEnterprise Tan SC, echoed tt e understanding was NTUC Enterprise wld remain majority shareholder. This understand'g was breached in < 2 years"
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3272684/singapore-income-insurances-deal-allianz-raises-fears-profit-over-social-mission
"In a letter in ST Jan 2022, CEO Income Andrew Yeo said e exercise wld only change Income’s legal form & e new entity wld remain an #NTUC #socialenterprise. “NTUC Enterprise will continue to be e #majorityshareholder of e new entity”.. former Gp CEO #NTUCEnterprise Tan SC, echoed tt e understanding was NTUC Enterprise wld remain majority shareholder. This understand'g was breached in < 2 years"
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3272684/singapore-income-insurances-deal-allianz-raises-fears-profit-over-social-mission
#Singapore
#Income #Allianz #saga shows a lack of understanding of #public #sentiment
"selling Income was a #betrayal of the original idea by former DPM Goh Keng Swee who started e #insurance #cooperative to serve e needs of #lowincome #workers.. When your business was supported by a generation who stood by u thru thick & thin, I think you hv a special #responsibility to them.. Given Income’s history & its #socialmission, a sale to a foreign co is e worst possible option"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/income-insurance-allianz-sale-ntuc-social-mission-low-income-4516691
#Income #Allianz #saga shows a lack of understanding of #public #sentiment
"selling Income was a #betrayal of the original idea by former DPM Goh Keng Swee who started e #insurance #cooperative to serve e needs of #lowincome #workers.. When your business was supported by a generation who stood by u thru thick & thin, I think you hv a special #responsibility to them.. Given Income’s history & its #socialmission, a sale to a foreign co is e worst possible option"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/income-insurance-allianz-sale-ntuc-social-mission-low-income-4516691
Commentary: Income-Allianz saga shows a lack of understanding of public sentiment and how to communicate major changes
The public outcry over the sale of Income Insurance to Allianz isn’t just about the art of communication, which can be remedied. More serious is a lack of understanding of the ground and what people are concerned about, says former veteran newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang.