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Street Cred - Making a difference while you make a buck? Prove it.

Entrepreneur.com - With the environment and the economy leading discussions these days, more companies are re-evaluating their business practices, putting into effect double- and triple-bottom line initiatives that measure their environmental and social impact.

Businesses Going for the Green

Entrepreneur.com - These days, it seems just about every business is finding a way to go green, making it that much harder for well-intentioned consumers to distinguish companies with green products and services.

Green seal of approval for small outfits

Financial Times - The certification process is based on an audit of a company's operating practices and social and environmental impact in an attempt to provide a common standard for assessing claims of social responsibility.

"B" is for Beneficial: The B Corporation

As small, socially responsible businesses gain attention, some large corporations start to take notice, and in some cases take over more »

'B corporation' plan helps philanthropic firms

San Francisco Chronicle - B corporations are the latest innovation within the small world of companies with a social as well as financial mission.

Sustainable Business

There’s an emerging movement which asks corporations to consider more than just shareholders. This new thinking encourages corps to consider a holistic vision which embraces shareholders, stakeholders, and sustainable business practices.

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Help build a new sector of the economy that harnesses the power of private enterprise to create public benefit. Become a B Corporation^TM by following these simple steps below. These corporations are exercising leadership and influencing the marketplace beyond their company, region and industry by speaking with one collective voice. B Corporations^TM are redefining what it means to be successful.

	STEP 1: The B Survey and Report The first step in becoming a B Corporation is taking the B Survey and seeing how you stack up against the new standard for social and environmental performance. Taking the B Survey usually takes about 60 minutes. Once you've completed the survey, you will receive the B Report that contains a composite score and if that score is above 80 (out of 200 points available), you can go to Step 2. more » After completing the B Survey, each corporation receives a simple, one page B Report. The B Report is designed to make it easy 1) for consumers, investors, and institutions to make purpose-driven buying, investing, and purchasing decisions; and 2) for entrepreneurs to manage their company's social and environmental performance. The B Report weights the relative importance of each Section, each Goal and each question in the B Survey. This weighting changes depending on whether the company is a manufacturer, a distributor, or a service business. For example, environmental practices are more heavily weighted for a manufacturing business than for a service business. To see the weightings, click here.
	STEP 2: The Legal Roadmap B Corporations must amend their corporate governing documents to incorporate stakeholder interests. This institutionalizes your values into the DNA of your company so they can better survive new management, new investors or even new ownership. The legal roadmap includes a step-by-step guide through this process. It's simpler than you think. more »
	STEP 3: Download Class of 08 Package Once you have successfully completed the B Survey, it's time to make it official. The Class of 08 package contains everything you'll need to begin using the B Corporation Seal so you can benefit from the billions of dollars of collective voice and millions of dollars we will spend every year promoting B Corporations. more »