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©Copyright 2012 B Lab. All rights reservedAbout Strategic Sustainability Consulting
Strategic Sustainability Consulting provides under-resourced organizations with the tools and expertise needed to understand and manage their social and environmental impacts. Through sustainability assessments, green office auditing, supply chain management, stakeholder consultations, sustainability disclosure and social marketing, SSC helps organizations find the business value in being a responsible corporate citizen. Their products and services can help you to identify your core social and environmental impacts, create a sustainability plan to align your triple bottom line, calculate your carbon footprint and go carbon-neutral, develop a sustainability report to share your commitment, and green your supply chain and optimize your product life cycle.
We became a B Corp because we believe strongly in "walking our talk" and so joining this wonderful community of like-minded businesses was not just for our own benefit, but also as a way to promote sustainable business practices to our clients.
The Change We Seek®
Their vision is "sustainability for every company". Everything they do is focused on making it easy, practical, and cost-effective for organizations to minimize their impacts on the environment while building strong, vibrant business models. When approached strategically, sustainability can be a lens to drive innovation, efficiency, brand awareness, and supply chain optimization. They seek to help organizations - especially those who have traditionally been overlooked in the sustainability sphere - find ways to make sustainability good for business.
Strategic Sustainability Consulting
- Industry: Sustainability Consulting
- Product/Services: Sustainability Consulting
- Location: Herndon, VA
- Ownership: Private
- http://www.sustainabilityconsulting.com
Summary:
Certified: February 2011| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability » | 8 | 80% |
| Employees » | 16.2 | 36% |
| Consumers » | 17.5 | 50% |
| Community » | 60.8 | 81% |
| Environment » | 26.2 | 95% |
| Composite B Score | 128.7 |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
From B Impact AssessmentEnvironment: >75% of corporate materials from sustainable materials, >50% of energy used at corporate facilities is renewable, company has maximized its use of renewable energy
Community: >20% of annual profits donated to charity, >50% of company's primary suppliers are independent and local, >75% of company's ownership is held within local community, company offers employees over 20 hours per year paid time off for community service