7. 1. All Questions
report
1. Revisit Questions
report
2. Customised
Improvement report
3. “Explain This” & “In
Practice”
Tools for tracking and improving impact
8. 1. Lists every
question in the
BIA
2. Split by Impact
Areas and Impact
Topics
3. Enables offline
review and
allocation of
questions
amongst the team
All Questions Report
9. 1. Shows questions
marked to ‘revisit’
2. Questions can be
answered within
the report
3. Can also be
downloaded from
“Compare” tab
Revisit Questions Report
10. 1. Contains any
questions marked
for improvement
alongside
suggested
questions for
improvement
1. Filter by:
Impact Area
Impact Topic
Difficulty of
improvement
Customised Improvement Report
12. Formalise policies
Engage top-level
management to create
policies applicable to
all employees
Engage team leaders
to document the
standard practices of
their departments
Create shared folder or
other accessible
source where
employees can access
policies easily
Let’s hear from COOK about how they improved
their score during their recertification process
13. Work with your suppliers
Create a
prospective/existing
supplier questionnaire
to find out their policies
and inputs
Set minimum requirements
for supplier (e.g. supplier
must use
50%+ recycled paper)
Create a formalised
purchasing policy for your
company outlining
minimum requirements
and providing suggested
suppliers
Let’s hear from BWB about how they worked
with their suppliers
14. Engage your team
Let’s hear from Lily’s Kitchen about how they engaged their employees and teams
across the business to get involved in the B Corp certification process
15. Adopt legal
Sign the Term Sheet Amend your Articles
2.5
points
5.0
points
Adopting benefit company legal form carries 7.5 points. However, this is not currently available in the UK
16. Highest scoring improvements
Charitable
donations
Donations as % of
revenues
Up to
7.1
points
% of non-
executive
worker
ownership
Up to
5.3
points
Legal
change
Sign Term Sheet or
amend Articles
Up to
5.0
points
% of employees
who received a
bonus
Up to
4.0
points
17. Resources for Improving your Score
Tools for Improving your Score
● B Impact Assessment Improvement Tools: http://bimpactassessment.net/how-it-works/improve-your-impact
● 3 Ways High Performing B Corps improve their score: http://www.bcorporation.net/blog/3-ways-the-top-
performing-b-corps-improve-their-impact
● Business goes organic through B Corp process http://bizwest.com/business-goes-organic-b-corp-process/
● How to Raise Your B Corp Assessment Score http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/11/raise-b-corp-assessment-
score/
Examples from B Corps
● Notogroup Executive Search: http://www.notogroup.com/b-corps-we-failed-then-prevailed/
● The Honest Company: https://medium.com/best-for-the-world/how-we-did-it-the-honest-company-s-score-
increase-bbef1dbc6b54#.o8hawkr4x
● The Ian Martin Group: http://ianmartin.com/blog/2011/11/learning-from-the-benefit-corp-assessment/ and
http://ianmartin.com/blog/2014/04/why-be-a-b-an-open-letter-to-fellow-business-owners/
● Engine 74 http://www.engine74.com/blog/2016/3/4/to-b-or-not-to-b
18. If you have any questions, please email
georgie.morris@bcorporation.uk
Notes de l'éditeur
All sections and tools can be accessed through the Dashboard
Within the sections on the left you can find resources to help you
Need a different screenshot
Very similar to CIR
Shows questions marked to ‘revisit’
Questions can be answered within these reports.
‘All Questions Report’ is just that, showing all the questions in your assessment.
Very similar to CIR
Shows questions marked to ‘revisit’
Questions can be answered within these reports.
‘All Questions Report’ is just that, showing all the questions in your assessment.
You are able to answer questions within the report. To the bottom right, once you hover over the ‘score value’ icon you can see how many points the question is worth. We are currently building additional functionality to these reports.
Also enhances accountability
How?
Engage top-level management to create blanket policies applicable to all employees
Engage team leaders to document the standards practices of their departments.
Create ‘shared folder’ or other accessible source where employees can access them easily.
“While we were going through the process, one way we improved our score was to document our policies better,” said Cameron Crake of Raven + Lily. “Even though we are making a large global impact by helping to employ over 1,000 women around the world to make our products, we are still a small team in the US with only 8 employees. There were still some policies about employee welfare that we hadn’t formalized, so it was really helpful for us to look at the B Impact indicators to make those policies official for our team.”
We all use vendors… what are they doing?
Ensure your vendors reflect your values but can also stimulate conversations around what you should be considering.
How?
Create a prospective/existing supplier assessment (e.g. questionnaire) to figure out what their policies are.
Set minimum requirements for vendors (e.g. vendor must use 50%+ recycled paper).
Create a formalized purchasing policy for your company outlining minimum requirements and providing suggested vendors.
Flory’s Suggestion: reference iSeal
We all use vendors… what are they doing?
Why?
Apply your values in the supplier selection process.
Ensure your vendors reflect your values but can also stimulate conversations around what you should be considering.
How?
Create a prospective/existing supplier assessment (e.g. questionnaire) to figure out what their policies are.
Set minimum requirements for vendors (e.g. vendor must use 50%+ recycled paper).
Create a formalized purchasing policy for your company outlining minimum requirements and providing suggested vendors.
Flory’s Suggestion: reference iSeal
This is a core component of certification as must be completed to maintain certification.
Bakes stakeholder consideration into the DNA of your company
In states and countries where the legal path has been determined (modify Articles of Incorporation or adopt a mission aligned structure such as Benefit Corporation).
Modifying the Articles (LLC, non-constituency state corporations) = +5 points
Adopting Benefit Corporation status (Benefit Corporation states and some countries) = +7.5 points
*If you do not have these options available to you, the company is still earning 2.5 points for signing the B Corporation Term Sheet (states commitment to make the legal change if it becomes available).
Other then the legal varies, from company to company
