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In The News

  • trustsandestates.com

    Apr 23, 2008

    Do-Good Investing - Unfamiliar with the lingo? "Triple bottom line" is a for-profit business that not only seeks a financial return, but also a social and environmental one.

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  • citylimits.org

    Apr 23, 2008

    Companies that embrace a double- or triple-bottom-line philosophy find they're free to b. - What do a Union Square marketing firm, an online crafts retailer, and a countertop manufacturer in the Brooklyn Navy Yard have in common?

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  • microclesia.com

    Apr 21, 2008

    Sustainable Business - There’s an emerging movement which asks corporations to consider more than just shareholders...

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  • B Corporation - the new corporate ‘do no evil’ standard

    Apr 18, 2008

    It’s clear that as long as companies have the maximisation of profits for shareholder benefit as the cornerstone of their existence, we will continue to experience greed, corruption and Enron type corporate ‘dislocation’. 

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  • B Corporation on norm.culture

    Apr 2, 2008

    If we agree that organizational culture has value, then we assume that when there is corporate acquisition that the culture is part of the purchase.  

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  • $500,000 Grant Made for 'Social' Stock Market

    Mar 31, 2008

    The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $500,000 grant to study the feasibility of creating a stock market for businesses that seek to achieve a social mission and make a profit.

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  • Representing the Socially Responsible Enterprise

    Mar 17, 2008

    The co-founders of B Lab, Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy, unveil their infrastructure play that seeks to give voice to the burgeoning panoply of green business.

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  • B Corporations: Verified Sustainability

    Mar 13, 2008

    Companies that pride themselves on being sustainable have a new badge they can present to show their commitment to the environment, society, and corporate governance. link »

In The News

  • CSRwire Weekly News Alert

    Mar 7, 2008

    Certifying Sustainability: B Corporations and Cradle-to-Cradle Design Lead the Pack

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  • The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grant to B Lab

    Mar 4, 2008

    The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded a grant to B Lab, one of the newest social capital markets infrastructure innovations. 

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  • B Lab's Jay Coen Gilbert on What It Takes to Be a "B Corporation"

    Feb 25, 2008

    B Lab, a nonprofit organization launched in July, certifies and promotes B Corporations (B for “beneficial”) - companies that meet exacting standards for environmental and social performance. In seven months the program has ballooned to include over 80 certified U.S. companies representing $650 million in revenues. In this SLM interview, B Lab co-founder Jay Coen Gilbert explains what’s in it for companies, employees, communities, and the environment. link »

  • Greening Your Small Business Can Have a Big Impact

    Feb 21, 2008

    The greening of small businesses across the country is a movement all its own. link »

  • Could the Bancrofts reject Murdoch?

    Jan 17, 2008

    Hannah Clark of Fresh Inc raises the questions surrounding maximizing shareholder returns. link »

  • American Dream

    Jan 17, 2008

    Founding B Corporation Indigenous Designs is featured on CNBC. link »

  • Painting a Greener Bottom Line

    Jan 17, 2008

    Aiming to make corporate practices simpler for consumers to decipher, a new effort by B Corporation is setting stringent sustainability standards. link »

  • On Developing a New Corporate Standard

    Jan 17, 2008

    See us at the BALLE National Conference at the University of California, Berkeley, 5/31- 6/2. link »