More than ever before, people realize the need to build a more resilient economy. Businesses have the potential to be used as a force for good to tackle today’s social and environmental challenges. That’s where B Corp Certification comes into play. Certified B Corporations™, or B Corps, are companies verified by the non-profit B Lab™ to meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
As a B Local Mid Atlantic partner, we work with B Lab to offer B Corp consulting to assist businesses through the B Corp Certification process and help them improve their social and environmental impact. In doing so, clients build not only a stronger business, but a stronger community.
Become B Corp Certified
73% of conscious consumers care about the company, not just the product, but less than 1% of conscious consumers trust company ads or packaging statements when assessing whether a company does what it says. We can help you prepare for B Corp Certification so you can reap the benefits!
- Differentiate your company through leadership in a global movement
- Support tangible commitment to mission & values as central to business
- Build trust among consumers/customers
- Generate positive media exposure
- Feature in regional & national ad campaigns
- Benchmark & report on performance
- Engage employees & recruit quality talent
- Benefit from services & discounts
- Build partnerships in a supportive, like minded B Corp community
Measure What Matters
We’ll help you complete B Lab’s B Impact Assessment to measure your impact across five areas:
- Governance: examine policies and practices pertaining to your companies mission, ethics, accountability and transparency.
- Workers: assess how your company cares for your employees’ financial, physical, professional, and social well-being.
- Community: realize how your company contributes to the economic and social well-being of the communities in which it operates.
- Environment: measure your company’s impact on the environment.
- Customers: analyze the value that you create for your direct customers and the consumers of your products or services.
Bethesda Green B Corp Consulting Services
We offer B Corp consulting to help businesses improve their social and environmental impact, and build not only a stronger business, but a stronger community. Below are a list of possible services we provide.
Who: Consulting is for small to mid-size businesses or startups who want to become a Certified B Corp business. Whether you are new to the B Corp process or have already begun assessing, we offer personalized assistance to help meet your business’s goals.
Services:
B Corp Certification / Recertification: To become a Certified B Corp, companies must complete the B Impact Assessment and undergo the rigorous B Lab™ verification process to ensure they meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Some of the ways we can assist your company with the B Corp certification process include:
- Assist with the B Impact Assessment
- Identify areas of improvement for higher B Impact Assessment score needed for Certification
- Design plan for improvement
- Recommend greener business practices
- Connect client with B Local Community
- Create B Local Community membership
- Design process for B Corp Certification maintenance
Benefit Incorporation / Reincorporation: A Benefit corporation is a type of legal structure for businesses that creates a solid foundation for long-term mission alignment and stakeholder value creation. It is not a certification, and it is available only in the states which have passed benefit corporation legislation. To become a benefit corporation, a company must incorporate as one in one of the states where it is available. Some companies are both Certified B Corporations and benefit corporations, and the benefit corporation structure fulfills the legal accountability requirement of B Corp Certification. It is possible incorporate as a Benefit Corporation in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.
- Benefit reincorporation research
- Benefit reincorporation recommendations
- Connect client with local professionals with Benefit corporation expertise, e.g. attorneys
Project Duration: Timeline is client specific determined by their specific needs, project objectives, and resources available to assist the project.
Pricing: We offer several different pricing options – hourly rate, price per deliverable, team structure pricing, or mix and match. A typical hourly rate is $50 per hour.
Interested in our B Corp consulting services? Fill out the form below and we’ll reach out to schedule a free initial consultation.
What Businesses are Saying
“Sugo Sauces has always been committed to sustainable, environmentally-friendly and social mission driven business practices, but we have never implemented or tracked our efforts in a formal way. The B Impact initiative has helped us realise that we can formally track our efforts, improve our environmental and social mission impacts and work towards full B Corp Certification over time more easily than we thought, and with the help of the B Impact Assessment program and resources online. We also now realise that acquiring B Corp certification can be an important part of our branding, and a great way of promoting our values to our stakeholders in a verifiable, highly regarded and ongoing way.” — Penelope Bell, SugoSauces
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