Beatnik & Sons

Paraná, Brazil
July 2021
Leather & related products
Wholesale/Retail
Brazil
Beatnik é uma marca brasileira de design que surge do encontro entre cultura artesanal e o tempo, daquilo que se faz com calma, com intenção e com memória. Design, aqui, não é ornamento. É método. É estudo de forma, função, comportamento e permanência. Surgiu em 2015 pelas mãos do designer Renan Molin, movido pelo desejo de criar objetos que acompanham pessoas, não só em viagens, mas nos ciclos internos que cada uma atravessa. Couro, metal, tecido, peso, respiro. Nada é supérfluo. Cada peça nasce para durar. Cada detalhe existe porque sustenta estrutura, conforto e sentido. Molin cresceu cercado por movimento e já construía o que ainda não existia. Na infância, no interior do Sul, fazia carrinhos de rolimã com o nono, tricotava com as tias, cozinhava massas com as nonas italianas. Inventar era rotina. Produzir com as mãos era natural. Esse gesto virou método. Antes de ser marca, Beatnik foi um jeito de olhar o mundo devagar. O couro entrou como matéria e permaneceu como linguagem. Não é superfície, é organismo. Muda, reage, adquire caráter com o uso e com o tempo. O design veio como forma e se firmou como tempo. Beatnik não segue o ciclo da moda. Caminha. Erra. Refaz. Simplifica. Depura. O importante nunca é o novo, é o necessário. É o que fica. É o que respeita o tempo do des
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 13.5
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 24.8
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 12.6
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 35.1
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 4.5
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.