#COP21 Interview with Christopher Miller – BEN & JERRY’S — Transcript

Christopher Miller of Ben & Jerry's discusses climate action at COP21, internal carbon pricing, and sustainable supply chain initiatives.

Key Takeaways

Urgency of climate action highlighted by scientists and global leaders at COP21.
Internal carbon pricing is an effective tool for businesses to reduce emissions.
Sustainable supply chain practices, including reforestation and agroecology, are key to resilience.
Corporate commitments can align with international climate frameworks to drive impact.
Employee and community engagement is vital for sustaining climate initiatives.

Summary

2015 was identified as a pivotal year for climate action due to a rapidly closing window to avoid severe climate impacts.
The COP21 meeting in Paris was critical for world leaders to unite and take collective climate action.
Ben & Jerry's instituted an internal carbon price, charging a fee per metric ton of emissions across their product lifecycle.
The company refreshed its climate goals aligned with international frameworks discussed at COP21.
They are actively supporting reforestation and agroecological farming within their supply chain.
The internal carbon pricing fund is invested back into the supply chain to reduce environmental footprint and increase resilience.
These initiatives help the company transition from being less harmful to more beneficial environmentally.
Ben & Jerry's sees itself as part of a grassroots movement energizing staff and stakeholders to stand up for climate action.

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At the end of last year, we saw 2015 as being a pivotal year for climate for two reasons primarily. One is scientists say that we have a rapidly closing window of opportunity to take action if we're to avoid the worst impacts from climate change.

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impacts from climate change and we also had this meeting here in paris we knew that this meeting was critical that world leaders ministers from all over the world would gather and that this presented an opportunity for the world to come together and take

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We also had this meeting here in Paris. We knew that this meeting was critical, that world leaders, ministers from all over the world would gather, and that this presented an opportunity for the world to come together and take

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the paris cot so add one additional piece the other thing we did was to institute an internal carbon price across the business so we've instituted a a fee per metric ton of emissions across the full life cycle of our products so

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action on climate change. We did a couple of things internally. The first is we refreshed our goals and we made commitments that were sort of in the same sort of framework that countries and parties are making here at

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one of the things we're doing is planting trees reforestation and supporting sort of an agroecological approach to farming in our supply chain we all believe we make the best ice cream in the world and that we take a

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the Paris COP. So add one additional piece. The other thing we did was to institute an internal carbon price across the business. So we've instituted a fee per metric ton of emissions across the full life cycle of our products. So

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that's helping the company be less bad and more good and that we're a part of this sort of growing grassroots movement of people who are standing up for action on climate change i think makes our you know energizes our staff and our

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that's from farm to end of life. We've created a fund and we're investing that money into our supply chain to both reduce the footprint of the business and help our supply chain and suppliers be more resilient in the face of climate change.

Topics:COP21climate changeBen & Jerry'scarbon pricingsustainabilityreforestationagroecologysupply chainclimate actionParis Agreement

Frequently Asked Questions

Why was 2015 considered a pivotal year for climate action?

2015 was pivotal because scientists warned of a rapidly closing window to prevent the worst climate impacts, and the COP21 meeting in Paris provided a critical opportunity for global leaders to unite and take action.

What is the internal carbon price instituted by Ben & Jerry's?

Ben & Jerry's implemented an internal carbon price by charging a fee per metric ton of emissions across the full lifecycle of their products, using the funds to reduce their environmental footprint and support supply chain resilience.

How does Ben & Jerry's support sustainability in its supply chain?

The company supports sustainability by planting trees, promoting reforestation, and encouraging agroecological farming practices to make their supply chain more resilient to climate change.

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