Community slides
The following slides contain:
- Aggregate data on the global and UK community
- Growth of the global community
- Data on the total number of users of the BIA
- Example B Corps from the global and UK community
- Examples of Impact Business Models in the UK community
These slides provide a variety of ways to convey this message and are intended to be used
interchangeably i.e. some slides cover the same content but in a slightly different way.
Feel free to pick and choose as you see best!
If you’d like to use any of these slides or if you have any questions please get in touch with
Georgie (georgie.morris@bcorporation.uk)

Users of the B Impact Assessment

55,000+
USERS OF THE BIA
60+
GIIRS RATED FUNDS
Impact Management
B Lab helps tens of thousands of
businesses, investors, and institutions
manage their impact with as much rigor as
their profits using the B Impact
Assessment and supportive programs and
partnerships.
100+
MEASURE WHAT MATTERS
PARTNERSHIPS

762 2,294
3,995 5,557
7,508
11,704
18,756
27,205
39,330
54,256
55,405
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
NumberofBIAusers More and more organisations worldwide are measuring
their impact using the BIA

Institutions using
the B Impact Assessment

Global B Corp community

Building a
community of leaders
A global community of Certified B
Corporations who meet the highest
standards of verified, overall social and
environmental performance, public
transparency, and legal accountability.
2,020
CERTIFIED B CORPS
50
COUNTRIES
130
INDUSTRIES
1
UNIFYING GOAL

The global B Corp community is rapidly growing
43 69 101
169
255
389
605
889
1,347
1,977 2,020
-
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
Founders 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Feb 2017.
NumberofcertifiedBCorporations

“As a B Corp, Patagonia is proud to be part of a community
of businesses who learn, share with transparency and
support one another on this journey of improvement.
It is the only way we can move forward with the urgency
and momentum needed to solve the huge challenges we
face from global climate change and strained social and
economic systems.”
Rose Marcario, CEO Patagonia

UK B Corp community

124
UK B Corps
£710m
Total revenue
1,000+
UK pipeline

Community growth and engagement
Sustainable Development Goals
Benefit Company
Regional growth
New products to meet market needs
B Lab UK
growth

B Corps in
the UK

UK B Corp examples of Impact Business Models
Customer benefiting
products & services
Products/services designed to
create social benefit
Workforce
development
Hiring and training for chronically
unemployed populations
Environment benefiting
products & services
Products/services designed to
restore and conserve the natural
environment
Designed to give
Charitable giving business models
that donate 20%+ of profits to
charity
Supply chain poverty
alleviation
Supply chain strategies that
reduce poverty e.g. trade terms,
labour conditions
Designed to conserve
Environmental practices that
redesign traditional processes to
conserve natural resources

Check out Ella’s Kitchen B Corp video…

Employ ex-
offenders and long
term unemployed
Created Dream
Academy for all
staff
Introduced Living
Wage across
business
30% discount to
community events,
fed over 10k people
Engaged suppliers
in measuring social
impact

“Ordinary” businesses creating value
“While some B Corps may exist with a specific goal to solve a social or environmental challenge,
many B Corps look like “ordinary” businesses from the outside, but take practical steps to increase
the positive social impact of their business through their operations”
Mission Led Business Review, Cabinet Office, Dec 2016
Focussing on people
Supporting local
communities
Managing supply
chain
• Employ ex-offenders
and long term
unemployed
• Dream Academy
• Living Wage
• “COOK Selfie”
• 30% discount for
community events
• Fed over 10k people
• Supported over 150
community events
• Supply chain MWM
programme
• Supporting great
farming e.g. Good Pig
award
• Responsible sourcing