About CouchSurfing
We envision a world made better by travel and travel made richer by connection. Couchsurfers share their lives with the people they encounter, fostering cultural exchange and mutual respect.
Couchsurfing is a global network of millions of, adventure seekers and lifelong learners in over 100,000 cities in every country in the world.
The service connects travelers across the globe who share experiences ranging from hosting one another in their homes to having a beer to becoming close friends and travel companions.
Hotels and tour companies can give you a bed or show you the sites, but they can’t make your trip truly meaningful or memorable. People do that.
We became a B Corp because it provides the support for our mission that we would expect to find in the non-profit sector, while allowing us the freedom to innovate that more traditional for-profit companies enjoy.
Europe, North America, and South America are, as of August 2011, the regions with the largest numbers of CouchSurfing members. However, the community continues to reach more and more people in all areas of the world. In the year 2010, South America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East all experienced more than 90% growth rates in sign ups.
The Change We Seek™
CouchSurfing’s goal is to create inspiring experiences for their members that help them to explore the world, whether on the road or at home, and connect with one another. They believe that real social change starts with the individual, and that lasting education comes through personal experience. When people have the ability to reach out of their normal social interactions and spend time with people from different cultures and different backgrounds, they come to demolish their prejudices, from large to small.
The true power of their mission is that people can enrich their lives and the world around them through things that they already enjoy: fun, social contact, and the chance to have experiences that they’ll never forget.
They are committed to helping the world become more understanding, more connected, and more generous across all borders, be they physical or psychological.
What makes us a better company?
B Impact Report |
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Certified since:August 2011 |
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| Summary: | Company Score |
Average Score* |
Accountability
AccountabilityThe Accountability section of the Assessment evaluates a company's governance and transparency. This section focuses on the company's mission, stakeholder engagement, and overall transparency of the company's practices and policies. |
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Employees
EmployeesThe employee section of the survey assesses the company's relationship with its workforce. This section measures how the company treats its workers through compensation, benefits, training, and ownership opportunities provided to workers. It also focuses on the overall work environment within the company through management/worker communication, job flexibility and corporate culture, and worker health and safety practices. |
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Consumers
ConsumersTThe Consumers section of the Assessment measures the impact a company has on its customers. The section focuses on whether a company sells products or services that promote public benefit, and if those products/services are targeted towards serving underserved populations. Questions in this section will measure whether a company’s product or service is designed to solve a social or environmental issue (e.g. improves health, preserves environment or creates economic opportunity to individuals or communities, promotes the arts/sciences, or increases the flow of capital to purpose-driven enterprises). |
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Community
CommunityThe Community section of the survey assesses a company's impact on its community. The Community section evaluates a company's supplier relations, diversity, and involvement in the local community. The section also measures the company's practices and policies around community service and charitable giving. In addition, this section includes if a company's product or service is designed to solve a social issue, including access to basic services, health, education, economic opportunity, arts, and increasing the flow of capital to purpose-driven enterprises. |
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Environment
EnvironmentThe Environment section of the Assessment evaluates a company's environmental performance through its facilities; materials, resource, and energy use; and emissions. Where applicable, it also considers a company's transportation/distribution channels and environmental impact of its supply chain. This section also measures whether a company's products or services are designed to solve an environmental issue, including products that aid in the provision of renewable energy, conserve resources, reduce waste, promote land/wildlife conservation, prevent toxic/hazardous substance or pollution, or educate, measure, or consult to solve environmental problems. |
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| Overall B Score | 84 | |
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80 out of 200 is eligible for certification *Of all businesses that have completed the B Impact Assessment |
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