When Nespresso announced, at the end of April, that it had received B Corp certification, it was a milestone. The Nestlé-owned coffee company was joining the ranks of legendarily progressive brands ...

Today, the nonprofit B Lab has recognized nearly 1,000 companies for creating extraordinary positive impact as businesses. The honoree selection is based on an independent, comprehensive assessment, ...

B Lab, the non-profit organisation responsible for B Corp certification, has unveiled new standards. Described as the “most significant evolution” since B Lab’s founding in 2006, the updated B Corp ...

B Lab’s standards have offered a flexible approach to achieving B Corp certification; but that flexibility has been criticized as not holding bigger companies accountable for driving systemic change.

Over the past several years, investor interest in sustainability-related metrics and disclosures has surged as businesses are seeing the financial and ethical benefits of corporate sustainability.