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©Copyright 2012 B Lab. All rights reservedAbout IceStone
IceStone® is the world’s safest, most sustainable durable surface. Made from three core ingredients —100% recycled glass, Portland cement, and pigment— IceStone® surfaces are the perfect choice for everything from kitchen countertops to conference room tables to art installations.
IceStone was co-founded by two long-term members of Investors’ Circle and Social Venture Network – believers that business can be a tool for social and environmental sustainability. IceStone has been collaborating with green-building businesses, non-profits, and sustainability organizations since our formation. IceStone hopes that the B Corporation community continues to provide leadership, teamwork, and the models to fortify the presence of sustainable businesses.
The Change We Seek™
IceStone, LLC is Designing A Better Way, with style, service and sustainability at the heart of everything we do. Since 2003, IceStone, LLC has diverted over 10 million pounds of glass from landfills. As IceStone® is made with only non-toxic ingredients, our surfaces are safe and healthy through and through for our customers, our employees and our planet.
IceStone® is the only surface to be granted Gold certification level by Cradle to Cradle®. IceStone® has been installed in such notable projects as the Bank of America Tower (the first LEED Platinum Building in the United States), and the United States Green Building Council’s headquarters. The product has also won ASID’s Bloom Award, Interior Design Magazine’s Merit Award for Green Products, and many other accolades.
Founding B Corporation
IceStone
- Industry: Building Materials
- Product/Services: Countertops
- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Ownership: Private
- http://icestoneusa.com/
Summary:
Certified: November 2007| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability » | 6 | 60% |
| Employees » | 14.4 | 29% |
| Consumers » | 15 | 50% |
| Community » | 34.7 | 59% |
| Environment » | 40.3 | 69% |
| Composite B Score | 110.4 |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
From B Impact AssessmentEnvironment: 100% products certified Gold level Cradle to Cradle; 100% recycled glass used in production; closed-loop water system; 100% facilities powered by renewable energy credits; per-unit waste reduced bi-annually for all waste streams.
Employees: >10% company set-aside for profit sharing; living wage paid to all full and part-time employees; >50% health insurance premiums paid for families.
Community: >40% management and Board from previously excluded populations; >75% employees work in low income communities; >30% employees and 25% suppliers from low income communities.
Videos
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News
• B Lab and IceStone featured in CNN Money's "Conscious Capitalism" Go»
• B Corporations Nominated in BusinessWeek's "Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs" Go»
• IceStone Featured in BusinessWeek's "Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs" Go»
• IceStone Company Press Page Go»