Bcorporation

Gone are the days when running a business was only about profit and loss. There’s a new generation of people starting businesses, looking for jobs and looking within their own organisations for something more than that. Purpose-driven companies make more money, have more engaged employees and tend to have more…

Written By McKayla Vermeer The B Corp movement is redefining business for good by setting different business standards in order to work towards creating a better world. How do we redefine business for good? In its current form, capitalism is failing to address the needs of people, communities and our planet. The B Corp movement is raising the standards of how businesses are run on multiple levels. …

At Exponent, we strive to raise expectations with our actions in all we do. One way, in particular, is as a certified B-Corporation, where we meet the highest-verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. …

The 5 things VCs will look at before investing. — I’ve known many entrepreneurs who systematically ignored their corporate culture because they were so focused on their fundraising. They have it all wrong. Especially since, apart from the business model and the way you generate cash, it is precisely the culture that VCs will look at. They will want to…

Photo by Shane Raynor The Rockridge® Guide to Tennessee Benefit Corporations Wanting to know more about Tennessee Benefit Corporations? …because you want to become a certified by B Lab ? …because you want to lock in your profitable purpose as you grow? …because you want to brand and capture public goodwill as a benefit company? …because you…

If the past two years have shown us anything, it’s that, in spite of a lot of progress over time, the world still needs a lot of fixing. There are many opportunities to make a difference for the greater good, even if it’s small, it has an impact. For example…

“Cost” is a little word with a lot of meanings. In our day to day, thinking about cost typically means thinking in cash. It’s the “cost” you require to do your job, so that in turn, you can pay the “costs” of the things you want and need. But in…

If you love clothes but don’t love what they’re doing to the planet and people, it can be difficult to know which fashion brands to choose. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently announced an investigation into greenwashing in fashion, to cover claims that individual items of clothing are better…