Let’s Put Purpose to Work for Positive Impact
B The Change Weekly: October 21, 2022
Delivered on Fridays, B The Change Weekly provides the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B The Change team alongside insight and context on the stories we share here on Medium. Below is our latest roundup. To receive these insights directly in your inbox, sign up for B The Change Weekly today. Now on to the good stuff:
Strong and vibrant communities often are home to businesses with a history of connection with their workers and customers and care for the environment. They demonstrate that it’s possible to fuel the economy and enhance the well-being of people and the planet.
The Certified B Corporation community embraces these stakeholder-minded practices and puts them to work in their communities and for the greater global economy. This includes collaborating with other B Corps on policy advocacy through B Local organizations, continually seeking to enhance their positive social and environmental impact, and adopting innovative practices to protect the planet for future generations. This week’s articles offer inspiration to spark positive impact in your community and at your company through a focus on purpose.
Partnerships and Impact Focus Drive Policy Advocacy
B Corps across the United States and Canada are collaborating on policy advocacy as part of their B Local Communities. Through learning opportunities, political outreach, and other collaborations, B Locals help companies determine how to best use their social and political capital to advocate for policies that align with their values and create a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
B Lab Forces for Good Podcast: How Can Business Act with Purpose?
The inaugural episode of B Lab Global’s original podcast, “Forces for Good,” tackles how growing social and environmental conscientiousness in the business community has led many companies to rethink their mission. Listen in or get a recap of this conversation on the ways that businesses are becoming increasingly accountable for impact beyond return on investment for shareholders.
What’s the True Cost of Your Food?
Many businesses maintain a focus on maximizing their margins for profit, but some companies are realizing the implications of their actions and adopting practices to protect the future of the planet and people. To help companies in the food industry, Michel Scholte co-founded True Price, a Netherlands-based organization that aims to shape a sustainable global economy through a pricing system that incorporates the cost of negative social and environmental impacts.
Stay in the Know
Here’s your chance to catch up on recent articles:
- Advocate Where You Are: B Locals Collaborate for Policy Action: Regional B Corp Organizations Advance Change Through Partnerships and Impact Focus
- The Recent Change in Consumers’ Fashion Behavior: While Luxury Fashion Consumers Grow More Intentional, Ultra-Fast Fashion Is on the Rise
- What’s the True Cost of Your Food? True Price Incorporates Social and Environmental Impact
- B Lab Forces for Good Podcast: How Can Business Act with Purpose? How Companies Are Rethinking Mission and Accountability for Impact Beyond Return on Investment for Shareholders
B The Change gathers and shares the voices from within the movement of people using business as a force for good and the community of Certified B Corporations. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the nonprofit B Lab.
