This past week B Corps from across the country made the trek to beautiful Pennsylvania for the third annual B Corp Champions Retreat. On Tuesday night at the world-renowned Longwood Gardens, co-founder Bart Houlahan raised a toast to celebrate a good year for all. He reminded folks of the historical significance of the gardens which [...]

Last Friday, the B Lab Philly team enjoyed trekking around Center City Philadelphia on one of (newly certified) Context Travel’s Philadelphia walking tours—or, as they call them, “walking seminars.” Context Travel is based on the fundamental belief that “Knowledge is power” – the power to know more about the place you visit, the people who [...]

“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him,” quoted Michelle Long of President Abraham Lincoln in her opening address to the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) conference in June. Energetic and [...]

by Shreya Barot, American Sustainable Business Council The American democratic principles of “government of the people, by the people, for the people” are now being endangered by an overreaching Supreme Court ruling – Citizens United v. FEC. The Story of Citizens United, by the famous maker of The Story of Stuff, illustrates beautifully how the [...]

by Melinda Cheel, RSF Social Finance RSF is committed to transforming the way the world works with money. Transformation of our economic system is multifaceted and complex so we look to our values to inform our actions for creating such change. We value interdependence and believe that as transformation takes place, economic success will be [...]

  B Lab has been busy this spring. New Jersey and Virginia passed Benefit Corporation legislation, the community grew to over 400 B Corporations, and B Lab has launched the public beta of GIIRS and Version 3.0 of the B Impact Assessment. With so much going on, it’s easy to lose track. Here’s an update [...]

B Corporations, Benefit Corporations, B Lab…It’s hard to keep it all straight. Here’s the rundown: Certified B Corporation: a new type of corporation which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Corps meet rigorous, independent social and environmental performance standards and are working to build a new sector of the [...]

Bill Clark, a partner at Drinker Biddle and Reath, is our 2010 B Corp Champions Retreat MVP. He has logged over 1,000,001 hours of pro bono work helping B Lab advance Benefit Corporation legislation across the country. Benefit Corp legislation would not have been signed into law in Maryland or Vermont, or be moving forward [...]