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Plum Organics is a certified B Corp and benefit corporation that makes nutritious, organic baby food. About a year ago, Plum was acquired by Campbell’s Soup Co., joining a long list of sustainably-minded companies who have been acquired by larger, publicly-traded corporations.
The level of transparency and commitment to sustainability that being structured as a benefit corporation entails is difficult to translate to a publicly-traded company — regardless of that company’s own commitments. But according to Plum and Campbell’s, the acquisition is going well and will ultimately enhance the sustainability of both companies.
I sat down with Plum’s co-founder, Neil Grimmer and Campbell’s VP of CSR and Sustainability, Dave Stangis at SOCAP14 a few weeks back to discuss…
