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