What is a B Corporation?

B Corp is to business what Fair Trade certification is to coffee or USDA Organic certification is to milk.

B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards
of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. 

There are over 2,500+ Certified B Corps in the world including Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's and King Arthur Flour.
My company, Advance Humanity, was one of the first dozen Certified B Corps in Vermont.
I also helped lead the certification of the first Certified B Corps in Asia in 2010.
 

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Here are some videos to explain what B Corps do and why they are winning awards around the world. 

B Corps are leading a global movement of people using business as force for good.
"Redefining Success in Business as Best FOR the World" The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select few social entrepreneurs whose proven innovations have demonstrated impact on some of the world's most pressing problems. The Skoll Award recognizes organizations with the potential to not only be individually successful, but also to catalyze large-scale, system-level change.
The 2015 winners of the $100,000 John P. McNulty Prize are Jay Coen Gilbert, Andrew Kassoy, and Bart Houlahan. All Henry Crown Fellows in the Aspen Global Leadership Network, they are being honored for their transformative work with B Lab, the nonprofit that is leading a global movement to redefine success in business, recognizing that business can be used as a force for good.
 

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Here are two helpful articles on B Corps basics and why one TED Fellow converted his nonprofit to a B Corps.

 
B Corps Basics
Nonprofit PDF
 
 

B Corps 101 Webinar

I've presented on B Corps in workshops around the world, including this presentation to Vistage below.

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