Becoming a certified B Corporation is one of the most rigorous, comprehensive and rewarding processes your business will undertake. Find out how to get started and learn more about the certification process.
Certification Requirements
B Corp Certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials. In order to achieve certification, a company must:
Complete the B Impact Assessment
Demonstrate high social and environmental performance by achieving a B Impact Assessment score of 80 or above and passing our risk review. Click here to create and complete your BIA.
Meet legal Requirements
Make a legal commitment by changing their corporate governance structure to be accountable to all stakeholders, not just shareholders, and achieve benefit corporation status if available in your jurisdiction. Click here to see legal requirement for Certified B Corporations per country.
Verification & Transparency
Exhibit transparency by allowing information about your performance measured against B Lab’s standards to be publicly available on your B Corp profile on B Lab’s website. To maintain certification, B Corps update their BIA and verify their updated score every three years.
