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Building a Better Tomorrow: Better Know Highland Craftsmen Inc.
Posted by: B Lab September 3rd, 2010“Highland Craftsmen is a company that makes extraordinary products that will help support a future that we can all live in.” Chris McCurry, co-owner of Highland Craftsmen Inc, talks about her company with such passion that it’s hard not to be energized. But she’s not just ideals. “We’ve gotten on the ground and have worked [...]
B Corp Partnership Capital Growth Named to Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies for Second Consecutive Year
Posted by: B Lab September 1st, 2010Congratulations Partnership Capital Growth for making Inc. Magazine’s list of our nation’s fastest growing companies! Partnership Capital Growth is a full-service, boutique investment bank that focuses exclusively on the healthy, active and sustainable living marketplace. They are ranked as the 410th fastest growing private company with a 718 percent revenue growth between 2006 and 2009. [...]
B the Change: The 5-5-5 FlipFlop Feeding Fiesta by Kyle Berner, Feelgoodz LLC
Posted by: B Lab August 30th, 2010At Feelgoodz, we constantly thrive to launch philanthropic projects in the areas of resource extraction and product manufacturing. To us, this closes the loop and keeps microeconomies supported. In the true spirit of nourishment, we have launched The 5-5-5 Flip-Flop Feeding Fiesta campaign. For every pair of Flip-Flops sold, 5 children in Thailand will be [...]
A Day of Equality
Posted by: B Lab August 26th, 2010Today marks Women’s Equality Day and the passing of the 19th Amendment. In celebration, we would like to recognize the many wonderful, women-owned and run B Corporations. Women-owned firms (50% or more) account for 40% of all privately held firms, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. However, despite continual progress, women still lag [...]
Putting Heads Together: Better Know IdeaEncore
Posted by: B Lab August 23rd, 2010“A mind is a terrible thing to waste”, or so the saying goes. But what about all those great ideas you keep to yourself. Each and everyone of us has created something useful that is now just sitting on our hard drive. Imagine if we all shared our knowledge, made it so others with similar [...]
Changing Business to Change the World
Posted by: Andrew Kassoy August 20th, 2010Business accounts for over 75% of our nation’s GDP— this provides businesses with a tremendous opportunity to create results beyond financial return. We are living in an era of rapid change, with the incredible resources of inspiring entrepreneurs and businesses addressing major social problems. One great example is Southern Energy Management, which offers an array [...]
Experiences: iContact Achieves B Corporation Status
Posted by: B Lab August 18th, 2010Written By: Matt Kopac, iContact Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant On June 30th, 2010, iContact was granted B Corporation status by the 501(c)3 non-profit organization B Lab, which developed the B Corporation (B Corp) standards and administers the certification (www.bcorporation.net). B Corp certification is for so-called “triple-bottom line” companies who believe that businesses can and should [...]
Connect with Coffee: Better Know Sustainable Harvest
Posted by: B Lab August 16th, 2010Coffee is part of a typical morning, brewed and poured without a second thought. But who actually made your coffee? Where did it come from? Sustainable Harvest believes in the importance of these questions. An importer of fair trade, organic coffee, this B Corp leads the industry with their groundbreaking Relationship Coffee Model approach to [...]
10 Reasons to Smile if You’re a B Corporation
Posted by: B Lab August 13th, 20101. You’re creating a new class of corporation. The Benefit Corporation benefits society as well as shareholders. Unlike traditional corporations, Benefit Corporations must create a material positive impact on society and the environment; consider how decisions affect workers, community and the environment; and publicly report their social and environmental performance using established third party standards. [...]
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Better Know Renewal2
Posted by: B Lab August 11th, 2010You can say we need more green and organic products, but are you helping make it possible? So often we hear about the importance of sustainable lifestyles, whether it be recycling or purchasing fair trade. But here’s one option we don’t talk about: investing alongside your values. Frequently our portfolios don’t match our other actions. [...]
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