ChangeNOW

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Île-de-France, France

Certified Since

November 2024

Industry

Advertising & market research

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

France

ChangeNOW brings together the world’s most innovative minds and sustainability leaders invested in the deployment of solutions for the planet. Our mission: to help solutions scale and spread across industries and geographies. Launched in 2017, ChangeNOW is a social enterprise that accelerates the environmental and social transition by fostering the deployment of concrete actions and solutions responding to the biggest challenges of our century. In the pursuit of catalyzing global transformative change, ChangeNOW mobilizes and connects individuals to spread innovative ideas. Year-round, it carries out influential actions to accelerate high-potential projects that drive systemic change: - ChangeNOW - The Summit** – The most impactful event for the planet, bringing together 40,000 participants, 10,000 companies, and 1,200 solutions from 140 countries. The next edition, taking place on April 24-26, 2025, will mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement at the Grand Palais in Paris. - **Impact events** **Worldwide** – Including COP Desertification, The ChangeNOW Hubs, the World Living Soils Forum, Les Universités d’Été de l’Économie de Demain (UED) and the Impact Job Fair. - **Influencing actions** – Such as publishing reports (Earth Action Report), school rankings (The Rank

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, ChangeNOW earned an overall score of 95.3. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
95.3
95.3 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 18.5

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 & Engagement5.5
Ethics & Transparency5.5
+ Mission Locked7.5

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.


Workers 36.8

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 Security11.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety7.2
Career Development6.4
Engagement & Satisfaction8.4

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, & Inclusion5.6
Economic Impact6.3
Civic Engagement & Giving2.4
Supply Chain Management2.2

Environment 15.4

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 Management4.4
Air & Climate4.9
Water0.3
Land & Life3.0
+ Environmental Education & Information2.7

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


Additional Documentation

ChangeNOW Disclosure Report 2024