Clover Sonoma

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

California, United States

Certified Since

December 2016

Industry

Food products

Sector

Manufacturing

Operates In

United States

For over 100 years, Clover has supported ideas that promote a healthy, conscious, sustainable way of life forward for their family of farms, animals and communities. Clover is a third-generation family-owned and operated dairy company whose core pillars are quality, support of animal welfare, sustainable business practices, and giving back to the communities they reach. The Petaluma-based company in California’s beautiful Sonoma County was the first dairy in the United States to become American Humane Certified and hold its partnership of family-owned dairy farms to a higher standard by developing its own unique Clover Promise of Excellence program. Clover is proud to bring clean, rBST-free and delicious dairy products direct from their farms to consumers. Clover Sonoma’s brand mission is to use their best knowledge to produce quality dairy that honors their care for family farms, animals, the environment and communities they serve.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Clover Sonoma earned an overall score of 92.7. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
92.7
92.7 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 16.6

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 & Engagement3.4
Ethics & Transparency3.2
+ 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 24.2

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 Security8.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.7
Career Development2.8
Engagement & Satisfaction4.3

Community 19.1

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, & Inclusion4.0
Economic Impact2.1
Civic Engagement & Giving4.4
Supply Chain Management6.8

Environment 28.4

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 Management4.2
Air & Climate6.9
Water2.5
Land & Life6.1
+ Land/wildlife Conservation2.3
+ Toxin Reduction / Remediation6.1

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 4.2

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 Stewardship4.2


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2023 Overall B Impact Score92.7
2020 Overall B Impact Score100.5
2016 Overall B Impact Score96.9

Additional Documentation

Clover Sonoma - Disclosures Questionnaire

Clover Sonoma – Transparent Disclosure Report 2020

Clover Sonoma - Disclosure Report 2023


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