Responsible Alpha
1.6
Virginia, United States
February 2025
Management consultant - for-profits
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
Austria,
Germany,
Malaysia,
Mexico,
Singapore,
Sweden,
Turkey,
United Kingdom,
United States
Founded in 2022 to partner with organizations on their transition to a net positive economy by 2050, Responsible Alpha is minority-owned, EU-North American based B Corp "public benefit corporation“, approved US GSA contractor whose team has over 200 years’ of direct global sustainability consulting experience in their careers deploying more than $3 billion conducting climate risk analysis, ESG Integration, and sustainability analysis for hundreds of clients. We believe that corporate leaders have an obligation to make the world a better place as described by Andrew Winston and former Unilever CEO Paul Polman in their Net Positive Manifesto, which describes how their vision of a “net positive” company—one that grows by helping the world flourish. Responsible Alpha is Delaware registered under file number 6565152. Responsible Alpha is proudly owned by its staff, advisors, and board members. In our careers at Responsible Alpha and previously: Advised hundreds of global organizations on their transition to a net positive economy. Engaged the world's largest asset managers and asset owners to improve their returns using ESG integration. Written analysis that has changed board level sustainability policies for multilateral development banks. Actively supported positive impacts
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 23.4
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 20.9
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 31.2
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 10.4
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.
Customers 29.1
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.
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.