Campaign: Economic Boycott

Ben & Jerry's Sues Parent Company Unilever for Silencing the Ice Cream Maker’s Support for Palestinian Rights

BNC

In a lawsuit filed on November 13, 2024, Ben & Jerry’s says Unilever has silenced the company’s support for Palestinian human rights and threatened to dismantle its board and sue its members over the issue. Since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, Ben & Jerry's has attempted to publicly voice support for a permanent and immediate ceasefire, the end of U.S. military funding to Israel, and the protection of Palestinian refugee rights. Their attempts to speak out were muzzled by Unilever, according to the lawsuit. 

BDS Corporate Complicity Criteria

BDS National Committee (BNC)

Corporations that are implicated in the commission of international crimes connected to Israel’s unlawful occupation, racial segregation, and apartheid regime - within or beyond the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 - are all complicit and must be held accountable. Direct complicity includes military, logistical, intelligence, financial, and infrastructure support. The corporations and their boards of directors and executives may face criminal liability for this complicity.

Ethical Investment Policy

BDS National Committee (BNC)

By adopting this EIP, the entity affirms that it does not profit from or provide capital to corporations that do not conform to international standards of socially, ethically, and legally responsible business operations or from activities materially inconsistent with its values, including its ethical investment principles.

Energy Embargo Now to End the Genocide!

BDS National Committee (BNC), Global Energy Embargo for Palestine (GEEP), Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (STW)

Israel’s genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians grinds on, destroying Gaza and causing a catastrophic human and environmental disaster of untold proportions. On the occasion of COP29, we call on all civil society organisations at COP29 and around the world to mobilise urgently to impose an energy embargo on Israel to stop the genocide in Palestine and put an end to Israel's apartheid, illegal occupation and ecocide.