This document discusses B Corps and B Lab, a nonprofit organization. B Corps are certified businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. B Lab facilitates a global movement of using business as a force for good. Their vision is for all companies to compete based on overall positive impact. B Lab uses a multi-step approach including building a community of B Corp leaders, creating assessment tools, and inspiring widespread support for socially responsible businesses. Their B Impact Assessment is a free online tool that helps companies measure, manage, and improve their social and environmental performance compared to peers.

1. B Collaborative

2. What is a B Corp?
Certified B Corporations are businesses that
meet the highest standards of verified social
and environmental performance, public
transparency, and legal accountability to
balance profit and purpose. B Corps are
accelerating a global culture shift to redefine
success in business and build a more inclusive
and sustainable economy.

4. B Lab is a nonprofit organization, leading and
facilitating a global movement of people
using business as a force for good.
B Lab’s vision is that one day all companies will
compete to be best for the world, and as a result
society will enjoy a more shared and durable
prosperity.

7. B Lab’s integrated approach to systems change
makes an alternative viable and scalable.
Start
Develop market
infrastructure
Step 2
Create tools
to make it easy
for millions of other
businesses to follow
Step 3
Inspire billions of consumers,
workers, investors, students
and others to support
businesses who are a force
for good
Step 1
Build a community
of thousands of credible
leaders -- B Corps
End
Shared & Durable
Prosperity

8. The B Impact Assessment is a free confidential online tool to measure and manage a company’s
social and environmental impact.
Walks through a series of questions to help learn what it takes to build a
better business - better for workers, community, and the environment
Compares answers to thousands of other businesses to see how a business
stacks up
Creates a customized improvement plan linking to free best practice guides
to help implement

9. B Impact Assessment
Governance
Workers
Community
Environment
Customers

10. B Impact Assessment

11. B-Corp Projects
B-Impact
Assessment
Frame work to guide project
teams and guide deliverables
MBA Program
MBA Staff & Alumni
supervision to support
students in project
UGA
Sustainability
Certificate(s) provides
students for projects.
Office provides connections
and support resources
B-Local Georgia
Sources Projects
Subject matter experts to help
project teams

12. Social Innovation Emphasis
15 Credits (5 Courses)
Required Courses
ENTR 7090 – Critical Design Thinking
Applied Learning Course

13. MBA Program
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