CaliWoods Ltd

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Auckland Region, New Zealand

Certified Since

December 2021

Industry

Other retail sale

Sector

Wholesale/Retail

Operates In

New Zealand

CaliWoods is a NZ-owned, woman led reusable product social enterprise that stands for the planet, people and purpose. Their focus is on sustainability education to help Kiwis reduce their waste, inspire people to live more sustainably, and reduce landfill and recycling streams. Their products reduce waste by replacing single use and less sustainable alternatives, while their education aims to inspire change on the individual, business and governmental policy level. CaliWoods is a living wage employer and supports the local community by donating 1% of annual revenue to local environmental charities and groups, while dedicating 960 hours each year to environmental impact work.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, CaliWoods Ltd earned an overall score of 92.9. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
92.9
92.9 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 12.2

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 & Engagement4.5
Ethics & Transparency5.2
+ Mission Locked2.5

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.


Community 52.2

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.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion12.8
Economic Impact12.6
Civic Engagement & Giving9.2
Supply Chain Management17.6

Environment 23.6

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 Management2.5
Air & Climate2.4
Water0.5
Land & Life3.7
+ Resource Conservation11

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 4.7

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 Stewardship4.7


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2021 Overall B Impact Score92.9

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