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No room to hide: Streets Heaver on B Lab's tougher new standards
Family-owned healthcare software company Streets Heaver has recertified under B Lab's new standards. CEO Benedict Heaver explains how the process ensures purpose is genuinely embedded, and why he wants the government to take notice. 30.09.26 Ask the staff at Streets Heaver what makes them proud to work there, and the same three answers come back.
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Better Business Day: Why B Corps Are Upgrading a Law Stuck in the First-Gen iPhone Era
By Asad Hamir 22.06.26 As B Corps across the UK come together for Better Business Day, we are united by a single, urgent mission: upgrading a corporate legal framework that is hopelessly stuck in the past. To understand just how outdated the UK Companies Act is, you only have to look at the tech in your pocket. The act became law in 2006 – the exact same year the world was introduced to the first-generation iPhone.
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Divine by name, divine by nature: how Divine Chocolate’s co-ownership model is transforming the cocoa industry
We sat down with Lydia Stubbins, Marketing Manager at Divine to understand how its co-ownership model is improving the lives of cocoa farmers. 19.03.25 March is B Corp Month. A time when the global B Corp community joins forces to amplify their impact. B Corps are leading the way when it comes to good business, going beyond the minimum requirements for B Corp Certification, with policies and practices that challenge business norms.
How B Corp Coaltown Coffee provides meaningful employment through speciality coffee
Here We Flo wanted to start a socially impactful business with sustainability at its core, which is why it made sense to become a B Corp – a process that has accelerated their potential for growth in domestic and international markets. 11.08.23 Here We Flo is a UK-based organic and personal care brand. Founded in 2017 by university friends Susan Allen and Tara Chandra who were frustrated by not being able to easily buy organic tampons and saw a gap in the market for a challenger brand.
How Klyk is transforming tech to be more sustainable
Klyk, which supports B Lab UK’s IT & Cyber Security services, has found that becoming a B Corp has led to all kinds of new partnerships and collaborations – enabling Klyk to take its mission even further. 13.10.23 In 2021, while searching for sustainable technology solutions for one of his ventures, Asad Hamir found a gap in the market alongside his co-founder Zahid Khimji.– an absence of truly sustainable technology options for businesses.
Hunter & Gather Foods is sustaining an inspiring team culture
Becoming a B Corp has helped them build an engaged, motivated, and passionate team – a core part of a successful business. Through integrating B Corp principles, Hunter & Gather is sustaining a culture that supports and inspires their team. 13.10.23 Hunter & Gather creates nutrient-dense foods free from refined sugars, grains, inflammatory seeds, and vegetable oils.
How Cooper Parry blends profit, purpose and balance sheets
As the UK's largest accountancy B Corp, they’ve found that becoming a B Corp has helped them become a stronger business – and served as the backbone for everything they aim to achieve impact-wise regarding their workers, the environment and the community. 13.10.23 Cooper Parry has been called ‘The Rebels of Accountancy’ as well as the ‘#1 Accountancy Firm to Work For’.
How B Corp Coaltown Coffee provides meaningful employment through speciality coffee
Wales based B Corp Coaltown Coffee: “B Corp keeps us in check." 11.08.23 Coaltown Coffee founder, Scott James, has always been passionate about coffee, and decided to capitalise on the rising popularity of specialty coffee by starting a business with a clear purpose: to create meaningful employment in former mining communities. He and his co-founders wanted the business to be ethical, transparent, and unlike mining, sustainable.
How B Corp enabled One+All to publicly verify its sustainability credentials
29.03.23 Manchester-based One+All’s sustainability journey began with the introduction of a values-led culture in 2009, and it became wholly employee-owned in 2020. Alongside being a B Corp, it is an accredited Living Wage and Living Hours employer, a full member of the Ethical Trading Initiative, Planet Mark Certified and a Certified CarbonNeutral® business.
Optimistic Branding #4: Shock and Awe-Some
Campaigns to Make You Stop and Think — and Act for the Better Deadly Dust by How & How. An interesting communication strategy to address difficult topics is Shock and Awe: controversial, confrontational, and/or shocking communication. In the 1990s, Benetton used United Colors of Benetton as its leading communication strategy. Their campaigns featured images to break taboos by portraying real and sometimes unexpected people together.
International Women’s Day, the B Corp Way
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the achievements of women worldwide, while marking a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. This year, we’re turning the spotlight to the women involved in every phase of our business at Parker Clay — one that exists to empower women in Ethiopia through safe and dignified jobs, vocational training and support, and financial independence.
Small Door Brings a New, Socially Responsible Perspective to the Vet Industry
Membership-Based B Corp Takes Innovative Approach to Pet Health Small Door’s first veterinary clinic in the West Village of Manhattan. (Guillermo Cano) While 67% of American households have pets, most of us don’t think a lot about the veterinary care industry as a source for innovative practices or customer service excellence. In fact, over the past decades there has been a trend toward lowering costs and standardizing services.
Being a B Corp: Why It Matters
(Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash) Certification Process Strengthens Stakeholder Mindset and Encourages Constant Impact Improvement In 2017, I led Arowana and our subsidiary, VivoPower, through our initial B Impact Assessment (BIA). Fifteen months later, we successfully certified both companies. After our initial certification, I have been asked by many about the usefulness of undertaking the BIA and why it matters.
3 Impact Trends We ‘C’ for 2022
How Carbon Accounting, Collaborations, and the Climate Generation Are Powering Positive Change With full-on fandom for (and acknowledgement to) Sesame Street, this 2022 trends report is brought to you by the letter C (and the atomic number 6). At Unit of Impact, a startup platform co-founded by three Certified B Corporations, we’re building a new way for small businesses to measure and report impact, so we’re digging deep into the drivers of actionable purpose.
Speaking Up for Systems Change: RESET Leadership Initiative Aims to Amplify B Corp Policy Advocacy and Create Networks for Collaboration
B Corps Can Help Shape Systems to Create a More Inclusive and Regenerative Economy (Pexels image from Pixabay) As businesses that pursue a more just and regenerative economy, Certified B Corporations shape their operations to benefit people and the planet while creating a profit. One growing segment of this work involves another P: policy advocacy.
Moving from Fast Fashion to Circular Styles: Entrepreneurs Explore the Clothing Reuse Market
Clothing Reuse Business Model Supports Families, the Circular Economy, and Sustainability Awareness By Maya Fischhoff and Abby Litchfield It’s better to reuse clothes than buy new ones. “Fast fashion” — new clothing — has a huge environmental impact. Used clothes can also be cheaper for consumers. But for entrepreneurs, building a business around clothing reuse may be challenging. Local norms may not support clothing reuse; people may see used clothes as “dirty” or low status.
Tablas Creek Vineyard Cultivates Growing Market for Regenerative Products with Decades-Old Winemaking Practices
California Winery Builds Positive Social and Environmental Impact with New Certification American wineries are increasingly adopting planet-friendly practices to ensure a resilient future and meet growing consumer demand for sustainability, but organic wine production in the United States lags the global rate. It’s partially of a matter of taste, but some winemakers are pursuing new paths to reach consumers with wines made using organic practices.
The Power of One Vote
(Photo by Tara Winstead from Pexels) How Each Voter Can Make a Difference at the Polls We’ve all heard the message “Every Vote Counts” or “Your Vote Matters.” Still, many people don’t believe it and think that their vote doesn’t really make a difference. If that sounds familiar, watch the video below. By the end, you just may have changed your mind. In 2019 I had just moved to Boston and was voting in my first local City Council election.
How Rethinking Insurance Business Models Can Help Protect You and Your Community
(Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash) B Corp Vonzella Puts Stakeholder Impact Front and Center for the Insurance Industry Despite becoming increasingly prosperous over time, the insurance industry isn’t working for everyone or every community. An agent-dominant approach has historically excluded customers from the market, and a reliance on data and traditional licensing practices has stymied product innovation.
Us vs. Them: Another Way Is Possible
Whether in the boardroom or the halls of government, we can achieve more peaceful and productive ways of working. By Adam Kahane Last year, in the final, adrenaline-filled moments before a team my colleagues and I had been working with for months presented their conclusions in a public meeting, hundreds of years of pain and polarization suddenly came to an angry head.
The Democratization of Donations
Worldcoo Connects Companies and Customers with NGOs to Fund Projects with Social Impact Spanish B Corp Worldcoo distributes a free online tool that allows merchants, both online and in person, to fund social and cooperation projects through user donations. By the time you’ve finished reading this paragraph, 20 donations to social causes will have been made through Worldcoo, a free online tool that allows merchants, both online and in person, to fund social and cooperation projects through users.
Scaling B Corp Certification: Reflections on 2021
(Photo by steffi harms on Unsplash) Kali Gibson, Co-Director of Certification & Verification at B Lab Global, reflects on the extraordinary growth of interest in B Corp Certification over the course of 2021 — and the challenges we have faced responding to this increased demand. Since January 2020, B Lab Global has received more than 6,000 applications for certification from businesses — a 38% increase compared to the period 2018–2019 — looking to join the global community of 4,500 B Corps.
3 Ethical Marketing Strategies to Reduce or Eliminate Ad Spend on Facebook and Google
(Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash) How Conscious Companies Can Continue to Attract and Engage Digital Audiences By Justin Belleme Facebook and Google have helped facilitate connection and information sharing around the globe while growing into two of the world’s biggest powerhouses of marketing and advertising.
Eating Crickets: The Key to a Sustainable Food System?
Orchestra Provisions Is Shifting Perceptions by Reimagining Traditional Protein Sources Orchestra Provisions protein powders: chocolate, vanilla, and chai. Kate Stoddard joins us on the Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Podcast to explore how eating crickets could be the key to a sustainable food system. Stoddard is a mother, social entrepreneur, and environmentalist.
How Can Your Organization Achieve Social Sustainability?
A Stakeholder-Minded Approach Can Help Businesses Build Long-Term Positive Social Impact “The Basics” provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics. Social sustainability often gets less attention than environmental sustainability. But it’s just as important. Sometimes, people avoid it because it can seem confusing. In this article, we define the concept and how businesses — and other organizations — can make it real.
How B Corps Are Structuring Anti-Racism into Their Business Models: Partnerships, Products, and Policies to Advance Racial Equity
Innovative Investment Questionnaires, Paid Internships, and Hiring Practices Help Provide New Opportunities for Customers and Workers (Photo by Visual Tag Mx from Pexels) The work to advance racial equity at Certified B Corporations in the U.S. and Canada means dismantling racist systems and policies while reshaping businesses and workplaces to function for the good of all people.
Illycaffè Brews Growth Plans While Seeking External Investors and Building Regenerative Supply Chain
B Corp Pursues Net Zero Coffee Agricultural Practices Up to 50% of land currently suitable for coffee agriculture might not be by 2050. Illycaffè is working to expand agronomic practices and develop new cultivars and varieties that are more resilient to the effects of climate change. (Image courtesy illycaffè) In nearly 90 years of business, illycaffè has grown into a global company supplying more than 8 million cups of coffee daily in more than 140 countries.
Illycaffè Brews Growth Plans While Seeking External Investors and Building Regenerative Supply Chain
B Corp Pursues Net Zero Coffee Agricultural Practices Up to 50% of land currently suitable for coffee agriculture might not be by 2050. Illycaffè is working to expand agronomic practices and develop new cultivars and varieties that are more resilient to the effects of climate change. (Image courtesy illycaffè) In nearly 90 years of business, illycaffè has grown into a global company supplying more than 8 million cups of coffee daily in more than 140 countries.
Partnerships, Products, and Policies to Advance Racial Equity
B The Change Weekly: February 11, 2022 (Photo by Craig Whitehead on Unsplash) Delivered on Fridays, B The Change Weekly provides the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B The Change team alongside insight and context on the stories we share here on Medium. Below is our latest roundup. To receive these insights directly in your inbox, sign up for B The Change Weekly today.
How Companies of All Sizes Can Use Pay Equity Practices to Address the Racial Wealth Gap
By Emphasizing Transparency and Value for Workers, B Corps Can Review Pay Practices to Enhance Equity (Photo byAnna NekrashevichfromPexels) The rise of the racial justice movement in 2020 prompted calls for action from the public and promises of change from corporate leaders to address issues of racism and pay inequality in workplaces across the United States.
How Companies of All Sizes Can Use Pay Equity Practices to Address the Racial Wealth Gap
By Emphasizing Transparency and Value for Workers, B Corps Can Review Pay Practices to Enhance Equity (Photo byAnna NekrashevichfromPexels) The rise of the racial justice movement in 2020 prompted calls for action from the public and promises of change from corporate leaders to address issues of racism and pay inequality in workplaces across the United States.
Shifting from Control to Liberation in Workplace Performance Processes
6 Tips to Create More Equitable and Customized Performance Management Systems By Viva Asmelash and Michael Gregor of Liberation Labs There’s no shortage of advice on developing workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. In building your internal DEI action plans, you’re likely thinking about day-to-day employee experience, including relationships between managers and direct reports (at least we hope you are!).
RSF Is Leading the Way in Moving from Impact Investing to Regenerative Finance
How Changemakers Are Using Capital to Help Reshape the Economy RSF Social Finance’s Racial Justice Collaborative recently funded the reactivation of a historic Black arts and business district in Oakland, centered around Esther’s Orbit Room, a legendary former blues and jazz club.
RSF Is Leading the Way in Moving from Impact Investing to Regenerative Finance
How Changemakers Are Using Capital to Help Reshape the Economy RSF Social Finance’s Racial Justice Collaborative recently funded the reactivation of a historic Black arts and business district in Oakland, centered around Esther’s Orbit Room, a legendary former blues and jazz club.
Why We Started ActiVote: A Force for Increased U.S. Voter Participation
B Corp’s App Connects Voters with Unbiased Information About Elections and Candidates In January of 2019, we decided to start a new adventure. After years of building enterprise software and optimizing the world’s supply chains, we wanted to apply the skills we acquired along the way to make a difference in our democracy.
Systemic Disparities That Impact Generational Wealth and Healing: And What Companies Can Do About It
B The Change Weekly: February 4, 2022 (Photo by Kindel Media from Pexels) Delivered on Fridays, B The Change Weekly provides the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B The Change team alongside insight and context on the stories we share here on Medium. Below is our latest roundup. To receive these insights directly in your inbox, sign up for B The Change Weekly today.
Are Your Heroes Also Fake?
When we created our first cosmetic collection we followed the familiar path of focusing on an exotic ‘hero’ ingredient to make it appear more authentic. We’re not proud of the result. (The following is a transcript of the film above) What is a “hero” ingredient? Typically, it’s something that is emphasised on a cosmetic product for its special benefits for the user. For the skin performance. The scent. Or, perhaps, the origin.
2022: The Year to Tackle Your Company’s Scope 3 Emissions
How Consumers Can Help Push for Reduced Carbon Emissions in Supply Chains If you’re anything like me, the new year brings a burst of positivity. Losing weight, learning to play the piano, giving up drinking wine in the week … we’ve all made those impossible resolutions. The recent COP26 conference in Glasgow had a similar feel: plenty of expectation, loads of hype, and then disappointment. With no strong global mandate for taking climate change, the event felt like a bit of a damp squib.
Cariuma Pairs Board-Sport Style with B Corp Values
Innovative Sneaker Company Steps Forward with Sustainable Footwear The Vallely, Cariuma’s new high-performance skate shoe. If I were to highlight a list of new brands that caught my attention in the past year, without a doubt Cariuma would be there. As a sneakerhead and streetwear creative director, I am always looking for new releases and also aware of the sustainability movement in the sneakers industry. To be honest, I am disappointed sometimes.
Mission-Aligned Ways That B Corps Are Supporting Employees During the Great Resignation (and Beyond)
As More People Seek Work with Purpose, B Corps and Other Businesses Reshape Policies (Photo byAnna ShvetsfromPexels) The waves of change that continue to rock the global economy and labor markets two years into the COVID-19 pandemic include record numbers of U.S. workers leaving their jobs — a movement dubbed “the Great Resignation.” While this worker exodus isn’t as evident in Canada as in the U.S. — and may be spreading next to western Europe — a mindset shift is gaining momentum among...
IPCC’s Latest Warning Drives an Urgent Climate Call to Action
B Corp Fine Tune Looks to Answer the Call and Collaborate with Other Businesses On August 5, 2021, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change. There’s a good chance the report crossed your radar like so many other news stories on the topic of global warming resulting from human activity and the threats it poses to our planet.
B2B B Corps: Amplify the Impact of the Company You Keep
B The Change Weekly: January 28, 2022 (Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash) Delivered on Fridays, B The Change Weekly provides the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B The Change team alongside insight and context on the stories we share here on Medium. Below is our latest roundup. To receive these insights directly in your inbox, sign up for B The Change Weekly today.
Banking on Entrepreneurs: BDC Bank Supports SMEs to Amplify Social, Environmental Good
BDC, the Business Development Bank of Canada, has a mission to support small- and medium-size enterprises throughout Canada. (Lightrocket via Getty Images) The past two years have been challenging for almost all businesses but especially for many small businesses. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, some local businesses shut their doors and more still have been clinging on amid months of financial difficulties. These losses have been consequential for communities around the world.
3 Factors to Consider for Business Advocacy
Research Finds That Taking a Stand on Issues Can Help Small Companies Build Their Following By Chelsea Hicks-Webster and Chris Hydock Through corporate advocacy, businesses leaders can push for change on any issue they see as relevant to society or their business, from climate change to gun control to jobs for immigrants. The way businesses advocate is equally varied.
17 B Corp Vendors and Suppliers That Can Help Amplify Your Company’s Positive Impact
These B2B B Corps Offer Services and Products with a Purpose Beyond Profit Business leaders looking to enhance their company’s social and environmental impact can partner with suppliers and other strategic partners who also strive to create value for their stakeholders.
How to Build an Online Community to Fight Climate Change
Soapbox Project Looks to Make Social Impact Easier for Busy People with Bite-Size Climate Action Plans This episode of Grow Ensemble’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Podcast welcomes Nivi Achanta, founder and CEO of Soapbox Project, who’s making social impact easier for busy people, starting with bite-size climate action plans.
How DoneGood Creates a Purpose-Only Online Marketplace
Connecting Purpose-Minded Retailers and Consumers While Taking a Stand for Conscious Capitalism “I always had in my mind that consumer spending could be an even more powerful force for change than anything we were doing in D.C.,” says DoneGood founder Cullen Schwarz.
How DoneGood Creates a Purpose-Only Online Marketplace
Connecting Purpose-Minded Retailers and Consumers While Taking a Stand for Conscious Capitalism “I always had in my mind that consumer spending could be an even more powerful force for change than anything we were doing in D.C.,” says DoneGood founder Cullen Schwarz.
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