B Corporation certification

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B Corporation certification is a designation awarded to for-profit companies that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
B Corporation 2
B Lab 2
B Corp (for some group companies) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf business certification
social enterprise standard
sustainability certification
administeredBy B Lab
alignedWith triple bottom line principles
alsoKnownAs B Corp certification
appliesTo for-profit companies
assessmentCovers community
customers
environment
governance
workers
basedOn B Impact Assessment
distinctFrom benefit corporation legal status
encourages continuous improvement in impact
feeStructureDependsOn company revenue
company size
focusesOn measurable positive impact
hasGlobalReach true
hasGoal balance profit and purpose
promote stakeholder capitalism
redefine business success
hasSymbol encircled capital letter B logo
headquarteredCertificationBodyIn United States
introducedBy B Lab
introducedInYear 2006
monitoredBy B Lab standards management team
recertificationInvolves updated B Impact Assessment
requires accountability standards
consideration of all stakeholders
high environmental performance standards
high social performance standards
legal accountability to stakeholders
meeting baseline legal compliance
payment of certification fees
public transparency of impact scores
transparency standards
requiresMinimumScore 80 points on the B Impact Assessment
requiresRecertification yes
requiresVerification documentation review
possible onsite review
sectorAgnostic true
standardsUpdated periodically
targetsCompanySizeRange large enterprises
medium enterprises
small enterprises
usedAs marketing differentiator
signal of responsible business practices
validityPeriod typically three years

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Belgium Brewing Company knownFor B Corporation certification
New Belgium Brewing Company hasCertification B Corporation
linked to: B Corporation certification
Natura &Co hasCertificationOrRecognition B Corp (for some group companies)
linked to: B Corporation certification
TOMS Shoes businessStructure B Corporation
linked to: B Corporation certification
B Corporation certification administeredBy B Lab
linked to: B Corporation certification
B Corporation certification basedOn B Impact Assessment
linked to: B Corporation certification
B Corporation certification introducedBy B Lab
linked to: B Corporation certification