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©Copyright 2012 B Lab. All rights reservedAbout GoodGuide
GoodGuide provides the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of the products in your home. With GoodGuide, you can: find safe, healthy and green products that protect you and your family; search or browse over 65,000 products to see what’s really beneath the label; use expert advice and recommendations on products to quickly learn the impacts of what you buy; find better products and make purchasing decisions based on what’s important to you; and create a personalized shopping list with the products that are right for you and your family.
We became a B Corporation because we have always operated our business in a way that supports all of our stakeholders’ interests. We are a triple bottom line focused company and we are excited to be part of a broader community of organizations that share a common vision.
GoodGuide gives you the best information available, wherever and whenever you need it most. We’ll help you find better products that represent your values, avoid products that are harmful to your health, the environment, or society – and enable you to take actions to help improve the world.
The Change We Seek®
GoodGuide's mission is to help you find safe, healthy, and green products that are better for you and the planet. From our origins as a UC Berkeley research project, GoodGuide has developed into a totally independent "For-Benefit" company. We are committed to providing the information you need to make better decisions, and to ultimately shifting the balance of information and power in the marketplace.
GoodGuide’s scientists have collected data from around the world on chemical ingredients, products, brands, factories, companies, industrial sectors, and even countries. We aggregate the highest quality data and convert this information into ratings that can be used by non-scientists to easily evaluate products and companies.
GoodGuide
- Industry: Other
- Product/Services: Consumer information systems
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Ownership: Private
- http://goodguide.com
Summary:
Certified: February 2009| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability » | 11.5 | 77% |
| Employees » | 33 | 55% |
| Consumers » | 17.5 | 50% |
| Community » | 22.4 | 50% |
| Environment » | 11.3 | 58% |
| Composite B Score | 95.7 |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
From B Impact AssessmentEnvironment: >25% recycled office supplies; incentives to encourage low-impact commutes; 100% of facilities located in previously constructed buildings
Employees: all employees paid living wage; >6% of profits included in employee profit sharing plan; >50% of individual/family health insurance premiums covered; 6+ weeks paid maternity leave; >50% of employees share ownership in company
Community: >30% of employees are women; >10% of employees are disabled; company wide service days
Consumers: 100% of revenues generated by improving health, preserving the environment, and promoting knowledge
News
• GoodGuide Company Press Page Go»
• Newsweek: "How Our Purchases Affect The Environment" Go»
• Christian Science Monitor: "People making a difference" Go»
Blogs / Feeds
• GoodGuide Blog Go»
• Better Know GoodGuide Go»
Values
• GoodGuide's Rating Methodology Go»
• About GoodGuide's Rating System Go»