Baker Brown

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

East Sussex, United Kingdom

Certified Since

October 2023

Industry

Architecture design & planning

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

United Kingdom

In practice since 1994, BakerBrown has a long-established history for delivering award-winning sustainable design in the built environment, and as a responsible practice we are committed to Net Zero in all our business operations. We support our practice with ongoing live research projects in the areas of deconstruction and re-use, and we actively engage in innovative pedagogic practices. BakerBrown, as Architects and Circular Economy Consultants, has sustainable design at the core of their ethos, which is very valued by public and private clients. At the start of every project, BakerBrown focuses on approaches that will reduce both the embodied and operational carbon footprint. BakerBrown projects are based on the low carbon ambitions outlined in the RIBA’s 2030 Climate Challenge and the Low Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) benchmarks which far exceed current Building Regulation requirements. They are both holistic approaches that focus on retaining exiting buildings, reducing embodied carbon, and reducing operational carbon emissions.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Baker Brown earned an overall score of 91.0. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
91
91 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 15.8

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 & Engagement2.7
Ethics & Transparency3.1
+ 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 28.4

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 Security7.9
Health, Wellness, & Safety6.0
Career Development5.4
Engagement & Satisfaction6.7

Community 17.3

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, & Inclusion5.9
Economic Impact4.2
Civic Engagement & Giving5.1
Supply Chain Management0.0

Environment 27.1

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.

Environmental Management3.7
Air & Climate5.6
Water0.5
Land & Life2.7
+ Training & Collaboration2.6
+ Community6.2
+ Certification0
+ Materials & Codes5.6

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 2.1

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.

Customer Stewardship2.1


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2023 Overall B Impact Score91

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