The State Board of Administration added the London-based Unilever to its list of 'scrutinized companies' that boycott Israel, Governor Ron DeSantis said.
Florida is making moves to withdraw investment of state resources in the parent company of Ben & Jerry's over the company's decision to close its operations in contested Israeli territories.
The action means that Florida will not invest in or contract with Unilever or its subsidiaries if Ben & Jerry's does not change its position. The ice cream enterprise announced last month that it will no longer sell its products in disputed Israeli territory, including the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.A man walks past a closed"Ben & Jerry's" ice-cream shop in the Israeli city of Yavne, about 30 kilometres south of Tel Aviv, on July 23, 2021.
Unilever's 400 brands include a wide variety of familiar consumer goods such as Dove personal care products, Lipton tea, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Sunlight soap and, of course, Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Florida officials say the company told them in a call Wednesday that there are no plans to change Ben & Jerry's stance on Israel. It wasn't immediately clear what kinds investments or contracts Florida currently has with Unilever or its subsidiaries.
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