“It’s with a broken heart that I’ve decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry’s,” Greenfield wrote in a post on X.

The departure comes despite a merger agreement with Unilever — which bought Ben & Jerry’s for $326 million in 2000 — that was expected to safeguard the Vermont-based company’s independence.

Ben & Jerry’s has long been vocal on social activism issues. However, it came to a head with its owner Unilever since at least 2021, when the ice-cream maker said it would stop selling its products in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to the conflict in Gaza.

“It’s profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone,” Greenfield wrote.

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After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together. I’m sharing his words as he resigns from Ben & Jerry’s. His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced by @MagnumGlobal #FreeBenAndJerrys

Jerry’s open letter