Do More Business with B Corps
B The Change Weekly: March 10, 2023
B The Change Weekly provides the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The weekly newsletter features a 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:
Certified B Corporations go beyond business as usual every day, in numerous ways: In their supply chain model, in their pursuit of continuous improvement, and in their commitment to use business as a force for good. As they celebrate B Corp Month and their commitment to Go Beyond normal business practices, B Corps also celebrate the power of their interdependence and collective impact.
Through B2B partnerships and collaborations in their supply chain models, B Corps of all sizes can work together to amplify their impact, advance racial equity in the workplace, take climate action, strengthen their bottom lines, and prove that achieving a stakeholder economy is possible.
Transition to a B Corp Supply Chain With These Lists
B The Change invited B2B B Corps to submit information on their services and products that help increase collective impact. We collected the responses, organized them by services offered, and linked to each of them in this article to help your organization transition \your supply chain and partnerships to B Corps!
3 B Corp Consultants to Help Advance Racial Equity in the Workplace
Get Started with Social Procurement
So you want to redirect your procurement money to social value suppliers. What’s next? The Network for Business Sustainability shares three important pieces to think about in this second article in its social procurement series: Defining your social procurement focus; building support within the company through storytelling; and accessing expertise on the specifics of implementation.
Stay in the Know
Here’s your chance to catch up on recent articles:
- Transition to a B Corp Supply Chain Model to Increase Collective Positive Impact: Partner with B2B B Corps to Drive a Stakeholder Economy
- 3 B2B B Corp Consultants to Help Advance Racial Equity in the Workplace: Partner with These Companies to Help Your Company Contribute to Building a More Inclusive Economy
- 3 Actionable Steps to Help Companies Get Started with Social Procurement: B Corp Chandos Construction Demonstrates the Impact of Social Procurement
- How Social Procurement Can Help Businesses Build Positive Impact: When Companies Buy from Suppliers with Positive Social Impact, They Can Create Ripples of Benefit
- A 3-Step Framework for Action in Today’s Business Climate: Because Doing Nothing Is the Worst Possible Response to Layoffs and Looming Recession
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.
