Acre

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Certified Since

August 2022

Industry

Employment placement & HR

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Netherlands The,

Singapore,

United Kingdom,

United States

Since 2003, Acre has been the world's market leader in search, recruitment and talent development exclusively focused on integrating sustainability and catalysing positive change across business, finance and energy. Acre find talented people and develop their skills to make a true impact in ambitious, progressive organisations. The result? Businesses equipped to build resilience, adapt and manage the risks involved in tackling climate change, and becoming more sustainable. From bases in London, Amsterdam, New York and Singapore, Acre works with aspirational businesses with the potential to make real change; from those who are at the beginning of a transition driven by sustainability and ESG, to those who have a business based on creating social value or climate-conscious solutions. Two decades of experience in sustainability recruitment and executive search, combined with an extensive global network, enables Acre to provide talent solutions that are designed to deliver this change. Acre's unique behavioural assessment technology understands the types of people, skills and behaviours required to create impact - and that's utilised to develop these qualities within existing teams too. Acre - finding and developing the right people to make your business ready for tomorrow.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Acre earned an overall score of 88.8. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
88.8
88.8 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 15.1

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.

Mission & Engagement1.3
Ethics & Transparency3.7
+ Mission Locked10

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 39.7

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.

Financial Security11.9
Health, Wellness, & Safety10.8
Career Development7.2
Engagement & Satisfaction6.8

Community 19.6

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.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion3.5
Economic Impact6.6
Civic Engagement & Giving5.9
Supply Chain Management1.0

Environment 5.6

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.

Environmental Management1.6
Air & Climate0.9
Water0.3
Land & Life2.2

Customers 8.6

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.

Customer Stewardship3.7
+ Education0.3
+ Support for Underserved/Purpose Driven Enterprises4.5

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.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2022 Overall B Impact Score88.8

Additional Documentation

Acre - Services Overview


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