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©Copyright 2012 B Lab. All rights reservedAbout Mindful Investors
Mindful Investors is an investment partnership focused exclusively on opportunities in the rapidly growing natural and organic consumer products market. They target companies with an enterprise value of $10 million to $100 million and invest in management teams that are passionate about their core values and are committed to taking their company to the next level of success.
The mission and purpose of the B Corporation community is aligned with our mission and purpose, and we seek to be active with people and groups who share our passion for sustainability. We are happy to offer our support to expand and ensure the success of the B Corporation community.
Mindful Investors' general partner team has spent their careers investing in, developing, and managing health and wellness related companies. They have also assembled a Board of organic industry specific Advisors and Operating Managers who offer significant strategic and tactical advice to our portfolio companies.
The Change We Seek®
Their mission is to invest in sustainable companies which positively impact our health and the health of our planet.
Mindful Investors seeks to provide growth capital to companies that are good for us and our planet. Their experience has shown the dramatic accretive value of creating platforms in specific product categories that enable us to leverage the unique power and strengths of related companies into a unified effort.
Mindful Investors invests exclusively in the natural and organic consumer products and services marketplace. They are passionate about organics and environmental sustainability as part of a healthy, conscious lifestyle.
Mindful Investors
- Industry: Equity Investor - Developed Markets
- Product/Services: Private Equity Investment
- Location: Mill Valley, CA
- Ownership: Private
- http://www.mindfulinvestors.com
Summary:
Certified: June 2008| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability » | 8.7 | 87% |
| Employees » | 31 | 69% |
| Consumers » | 51.9 | 92% |
| Community » | 47.7 | 64% |
| Environment » | 12.3 | 62% |
| Composite B Score | 151.6 |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
From B Impact AssessmentConsumers: 100% of investees are mission driven enterprises; Use GIIRS to measure impact of portfolio; Investment documents explicity permit fund managers to consider stakeholder factors in decisions
Environment: 100% of office supplies come from recycled materials; >5% renewable energy; All facilities near public transit
Employees: 100% of employee and >80% of their family health insurance costs covered; Living wage paid to all employees; Bonus plan represented >6% of employee salaries
Community: >60% of suppliers are local and independent; Banks with a local independent bank; Offers employees paid time off to volunteer; >10% of profits donated to charity