Heritage Bee Co.

Ontario, Canada
February 2018
Food products
Manufacturing
Canada
Female-founded in 2016, Heritage Bee Co. are producers of premium 100% Ontario honey products. Our raw & unpasteurized products are locally handcrafted from field to table with the utmost care and consideration. We offer 20+ flavoured honeys - all handcrafted. Best sellers include Triple Lemon Honey (handmade with organic Meyer lemons) as well as Ginger, Lavender, Turmeric and Fig & Orange. Plus many more. Our popular Gourmet Gift Sets which include a collection of 4 honeys curated by occasion. The packaging was designed and printed in the GTA. Everything is handmade and assembled by our family-run business. Heritage Bee Co is known for beautiful packaging, its high quality products at a fair price. Proud to be a Certified B Corp. since 2018 as well as a member of 1% For The Planet. More information about our company can be found at www.heritagebee.com
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 13.3
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 15.6
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 37.7
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.
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.
Environment 19.8
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 3.1
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.