Foreword Coffee Pte Ltd

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore

Certified Since

February 2022

Industry

Restaurants & food service

Sector

Service with Significant Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Singapore

Founded in 2017, Foreword Coffee is a specialty coffee company in Singapore that believes in the potential in every individual. By using coffee as a vehicle for change, it provides an inclusive work environment for persons with disabilities, special needs, and mental health conditions. Foreword also places an emphasis on the traceability and transparency in the coffee supply chain. Besides importing coffee beans exclusively from Asia including China, Laos and Indonesia, Foreword works closely with coffee producers who place community in the heart of their processes, and in turn are assured that coffee farmers grow economically. Foreword is also proud to be a recipient of the Enabling Mark (Platinum) Award in 2021, the highest accolade given to organisations for best practices and outcomes in disability-inclusive employment.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Foreword Coffee Pte Ltd earned an overall score of 80.8. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
80.8
80.8 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 14.8

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 & Engagement1.5
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 36.3

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 Security3.2
Health, Wellness, & Safety3.5
Career Development3.5
Engagement & Satisfaction4.4
+ Workforce Development18.9

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 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, & Inclusion4.6
Economic Impact5.7
Civic Engagement & Giving1.4
Supply Chain Management2.7

Environment 10.1

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 Management4.0
Air & Climate1.7
Water1.0
Land & Life3.0

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

2022 Overall B Impact Score80.8

Additional Documentation

Impact Report 2020

Impact Report 2021

Impact Report 2022

Impact Report 2023


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