•     Welcome!
• 1. A letter from
      our CEO
• 2. 2005 Highlights
• 3. Our Company
  • 3.0 Our Company
          Main Page
  • 3.1 Company Profile
  • 3.2 Ben & Jerry’s
          Mission
  • 3.3 Governance
• 4. Values-Led
      Sourcing
  • 4.0 VLS Main Page
  • 4.1 Milk & Cream
  • 4.2 Coffee Extract
  • 4.3 Brownies
  • 4.4 Vanilla
  • 4.5 Cocoa
  • 4.6 Peanut Butter
  • 4.7 Strawberries
• 5. Scoop Shops
  • 5.0 Scoop Shops
          Main Page
  • 5.1 PartnerShops
  • 5.2 Cones to Careers
  • 5.3 Scoopers Making
          Change
  • 5.4 Franchise
          Ownership
          Diversity
  • 5.5 Local Community
          Action
  • 5.6 Free Cone Day
• 6. Environment
  • 6.0 Environment
          Main Page
  • 6.1 Sustainable
          Agriculture
  • 6.2 Energy Use &
          Air Emissions
    • 6.2.0 Energy Use &
              Air Emissions
              Main Page
    • 6.2.1 Energy
              Statement &
              Greenhouse
              Gas
              Reduction
    • 6.2.2 Energy Use
    • 6.2.3 Emissions
    • 6.2.4 NativeEnergy
              & Green Tags
    • 6.2.5 Distribution &
              Transportation
  • 6.3 Packaging
    • 6.3.1 The Eco Pint
    • 6.3.2 Scoop Shop
              Packaging
  • 6.4 Waste
          Management
    • 6.4.0 Environmental
              Management
              System
    • 6.4.1 Wastewater
    • 6.4.2 High Strength
              Dairy Waste
    • 6.4.3 Solid Waste
    • 6.4.4 Hazardous
              Waste
    • 6.4.5 Environmental
              Tracking/Cost
              Accounting
  • 6.5 Regulatory
          Compliance
  • 6.6 Green Teams
  • 6.7 Thermoacoustic
          Refrigeration
• 7. Workplace
  • 7.0 Workplace
          Main Page
  • 7.1 Restructuring
          Impacts
    • 7.1.0 Restructuring
              Impacts
    • 7.1.1
             Communication
    • 7.1.2 Employee
             Recognition
    • 7.1.3 Leadership
  • 7.2 Global People
          Survey
  • 7.3 Compensation
  • 7.4 Benefits
  • 7.5 Diversity &
         Gender Balance
• 8. Giving Back &
       Community
  • 8.0 Giving Back &
         Community
         Main Page
  • 8.1 The Ben &
            Jerry’s
            Foundation
    • 8.1.0 The Ben &
              Jerry’s
              Foundation
              Main Page
    • 8.1.1 Employee-
              directed
              Grant-making
    • 8.1.2 The U Fund
    • 8.1.3 Other Grants
    • 8.1.4 CAT Teams
  • 8.2 Product Donations
  • 8.3 Factory Seconds
          Program
  • 8.4 Community
          Action
• 9. Connecting with
       Consumers
  • 9.0 Connecting with
          Consumers
  • 9.1 Social Mission
          Campaigns
    • 9.1.0 Social Mission
              Campaigns
    • 9.1.1 Lick Global
              Warming
    • 9.1.2 Drilling is Not
              the ANWR
    • 9.1.3 Family Farms
              Campaign
  • 9.2 Social Mission
          Flavors
  • 9.3 Sharing Our
          Stories
  • 9.4 Listening to
         Feedback
• 10. International
  • 10.0 International
           Social
           Mission
  • 10.1 International
           Sustainable
           Agriculture
  • 10.2 International
           Environmental
           Management
  • 10.3 Values Led
           Sourcing
  • 10.4 Climate Change
           College
  • 10.5 Country Capsules
• 11. GRI Cross -
         Reference
• 12. Previous
         Reports

8. Giving Back >
  8.1 Ben & Jerry’s Foundation >
    8.1.4 CAT Teams

Community Action Teams

Along with its grant-making activities, the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation also organizes Community Action Teams (CATs) at each of the Company’s Vermont sites (Waterbury, St. Albans, South Burlington). These Ben & Jerry’s employee teams work with their site management to identify, undertake and underwrite community projects in cooperation with a 501c(3) approved Vermont nonprofit or a municipal entity. Members of the CATs are chosen by their peers and serve for three-year terms.

In 2005 the CAT community projects included:

• building infrastructure at Camp Dream (see below), a nature and adventure camp for underprivileged youth in Fletcher, VT;
• renovating a playground and ball field for the town of Hyde Park, VT;
• sorting food at the Vermont Food Bank in Barre, VT;
• helping seniors with home maintenance through the St. Albans, VT Senior Center.

CATs also review and decide on small grant requests for local, Vermont based, nonprofit organizations. Learn more about the CATs’ grant-making activities.