About Veterans Ink
Veterans Ink provides office printing and technology supplies at the lowest rates available and donates a portion of sales to support Operation Once in a Lifetime, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to make the dreams of U.S. soldiers come true. Operation Once in a Lifetime provides FREE financial and emotional support to U.S Service members, their families and veterans regardless of rank, deployment, physical condition or branch or service.
The values advanced by B Lab and B Corporations are ones that are important to us and also to our stakeholders. By becoming a B Corporation, we are better able to broadcast our commitment to those values and hopefully set an example of social and environmental responsibility in our community.
Veterans Ink has a positive impact in the bottom lines of companies across the United States and saves them money while becoming more socially responsible together. Customers typically save 20-40%. Not only do companies who use Veterans Ink save money while being green, they also help Veterans by creating jobs and sponsoring positive programs and educational opportunities for our troops and their families
The Change We Seek®
Veterans Ink's mission is to create programs and opportunities for United States soldiers and their families that will assist with the situations they often face as well as provide proactive, preventative measures to remedy such conditions. Operation Once In A Lifetime helps our soldiers and their families in the following ways:
ACTIVE military Benefits -- Employing loved ones back home
• Addresses financial situations that could distract and lower the morale of those service members serving our country and deployed to combat areas across the globe.
• Reconnects families through common goals as they work hand in hand to support our country.
• Offer day care to enable family members to work.
INACTIVE military Benefits -- Offering jobs
• Reintroduces soldiers to society.
• Allows them to have the path of least resistance as they will be working with other soldiers on the same goal they have dedicated their lives to -- supporting the United States of America.
• Allows them to support themselves along with their families.
• Keep them busy, occupied and actively involved and contributing to something they believe in.
Programs and Education
• Provide education on common challenges soldiers face including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• Educate soldiers to prevent challenges once they have been discharged.
What makes us a better company?
B Impact Report |
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Certified since:April 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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