Lush And Ben & Jerry's Are Closing Their Doors To Fight The Climate Crisis

Corporations like Lush and Ben & Jerrys are stepping up to do their part in the ClimateStrike

that announces their support of the climate strike on their websites, while Lush announced plans to close for the day, which enables employees to participate in protests.

Carleen Pickard, the ethical campaigns specialist at Lush, told MTV News that Greta’s continued work had inspired the company to join in the strike. As the brand announced in a press release, stores and headquarters will close on September 20 in the U.S. and on September 27 in Canada. “With Greta and the other youth activists’ invitation to join them out in the street, we certainly wanted to step up and accept that invitation.

As for Ben & Jerrys, a company spokesperson explained its participation includes a digital banner encouraging visitors to participate in a climate strike, as well as delayed openings or completely closing stores so that employees can participate, and shutting down manufacturing facilities in Vermont and the Netherlands for the day.

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