Production

-"fair trade certified-worldwide movement working to ensure that small-scale farmers in developing nations can make it in the ultra-competitive global marketplace"
-fair trade sugar from Belize and other small scale farmers
-fair trade cocoa from the Ivory Coast
-fair trade vanilla from Madagascar
-fair trade coffee Mexico
-fair trade bananas from Ecuador
-help small-scale farmers and their communities be successful and survive (www.benjerry.com/values/issues-we-care-about/fairtrade)
"The St. Albans plant is one of three Ben & Jerry's processing facilities; the others are located in Waterbury, Vt., and Hellendoorn, the Netherlands."( Schug, D. 2017)

"The lowest paid hourly worker receives 46% above the living wage; Offers supplemental benefits to employees, including health & wellness program, counseling services, community garden, and free product." (B Corporation,2012)
-Labor wages are "livable wages" that change as economy does. (https://www.benjerry.com/values/how-we-do-business/livable-wages/.)

-52% of the 2 lbs of co2 emissions used to create one pint is caused by the production of the materials used in the ice cream
-7% of the 2 lbs of co2 emissions is from the production of the product itself.
-10% of the 2 lbs of the 2 lbs of co2 emissions used to create each pint is from the emissions associated with creating the packaging material.
-3% of the 2 lbs of the of co2 emissions used to create each pint is caused by inbound transportation of ingredients and packaging materials to the factories. (https://www.benjerry.com/values/issues-we-care-about/climate-justice/life-cycle-analysis.)