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B Impact Assessment 101

The B Impact Assessment (BIA) is the most commonly used tool to assess a company’s overall social and environmental performance.  It does so by measuring the overall impact of a business on all stakeholders (workers, suppliers, customers, community, and environment) through an online, easy to use platform.  The B Impact Assessment is a free, confidential service administered by the non-profit organization B Lab.  As of March 2013, there are 8,000+ businesses who have registered to use the B Impact Assessment.

We envision that in a generation’s time all businesses in the world will measure and manage impact as readily as they do profitability.   The B Impact Assessment provides the tools and impact standards necessary to help each and every business participate in this vision, regardless of their current intent or performance.  These tools will help redefine success in business so that all businesses compete not only to be the best in the world, but the best for the world.

Read the B Impact Assessment on the B Corporation website.

Click here to access the B Impact Assessment website.