Cervecera Guayacan SpA

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Coquimbo Region, Chile

Certified Since

March 2017

Industry

Beverages

Sector

Manufacturing

Operates In

Chile

Guayacán is a Craft Brewery located in north Chile's Elqui Valley that produce their beers with renewable energy while including the local community in Diaguitas. Almost 100% of their employees are local people. They also drive the development of regional tourism with guided tours to the plant and a local beergarden next to their facilities. They aim to be one of the 5 biggest craft breweries in Chile.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Cervecera Guayacan SpA earned an overall score of 80.2. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
80.2
80.2 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 17.1

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 & Engagement2.1
Ethics & Transparency4.9
+ 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 23.9

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.

Financial Security6.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety5.8
Career Development2.3
Engagement & Satisfaction6.2

Community 15.2

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, & Inclusion2.7
Economic Impact5.7
Civic Engagement & Giving1.1
Supply Chain Management2.9

Environment 21.8

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.

Environmental Management6.1
Air & Climate6.6
Water1.8
Land & Life6.7

Customers 1.9

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 Stewardship1.9


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2020 Overall B Impact Score80.2
2017 Overall B Impact Score89.9

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