Meet the 2022 Best for the World B Corps!
B The Change Weekly: July 15, 2022
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It’s time to celebrate the 2022 Best for the World Certified B Corporations! These companies rank in the top 5% of all B Corps in their size group in one or more of the five impact areas of the B Impact Assessment: community, customers, workers, environment, and governance.
Like all B Corps, their verified impact and interdependent business approach set them apart from other companies — and help them build strong connections and create value with and for the people they affect and act as responsible stewards of the planet. Today and in the coming weeks, B The Change will share examples of innovative business practices and policies from 2022 Best for the World B Corps on how they bring the stakeholder economy to life.
How a Commitment to Stakeholders Builds Positive Impact
What does it actually look like in everyday business practices to be Best for the World? A few of the more than 400 U.S. and Canadian B Corps on the 2022 Best for the World list share how they are innovating for lasting, positive change — and setting an example that other companies can follow. (B The Change will share more examples of innovative business practices and policies in the coming weeks!)
See Who’s on the 2022 Best for the World Lists
The more than 1,000 B Corps on the 2022 Best for the World lists are proving that competing not only to be the best in the world but the best for the world is a winning strategy. Check out the B Corps leading the way in transforming the global economy by exploring the lists for each stakeholder category: community, customers, workers, environment, and governance.
The Role of B Corps to Regenerate Our World
In exploring how businesses can meet increasing consumer expectations that they stand up for positive social and environmental change and walk the talk in their own business practices, B Corp BBMG and GlobeScan again and again found companies in the B Corp community setting the standard. This summary of the report highlights five shifting paradigms that businesses must navigate to thrive during this time of change as well as examples from B Corps leading the way on that journey.
Stay in the Know
Here’s your chance to catch up on recent articles:
- Announcing the 2022 Best For The World B Corps: How a Commitment to Stakeholders Builds Positive Social and Environmental Impact
- The Role of Brands to Regenerate Our World: These B Corps Bring a Regenerative Mindset to Brand Leadership
- Representing B Corps As a Lawyer: When Providing a Service Also Incorporates Operating for Social and Environmental Good
- What Is Sustainable Finance? A Look at 3 Pillars That Can Guide Companies, Investors, and Policymakers — and Benefit Business and the Planet
- How to Create a Greener, More Sustainable Internet: The Lesser-Known Impact of Digital Technology on the Environment
- Can Luxury Footwear Be Sustainable Too? B Corp Certification Process Provides a Framework for Prota Fiori’s Future Impact and Growth
- Building a Regenerative Economy Through the B Corp Community: B Lab U.S. & Canada Builds on Collective Action Dialogues at 2022 State of the B
- 7 B2B Accounting and Employee Benefits B Corps: These B Corps Provide Foundational Services to Help Ensure Business Success
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.
