friend + folk llc

Certified B Corporation
Certified Since

May 2025

Industry

Apparel

Sector

Wholesale/Retail

Operates In

United States

friend + folk, a gender + size inclusive apparel company that is minority-founded + self-funded. friend + folk believes in providing comfort without conditions, with gender inclusive designs that cater to a range of bodies who typically wear 7xl - xxs to ensure every(body) has the ability to shop with ease. all seasonless, our 100% organic cotton staples are priced equally — regardless of size — and manufactured ethically in downtown Los Angeles, keeping our carbon footprint as small as possible. In addition, friend + folk is focused on giving forward. A certified b-corp pending, 30% of the line's profits go directly to foster + fund, a 501c(3) created to provide no-strings attached grants + mentorship to small businesses led by systemically marginalized leaders.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, friend + folk llc earned an overall score of 114.8. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
114.8
114.8 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 19.3

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 & Transparency4.8
+ 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.


Community 63.9

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, & Inclusion13.6
Economic Impact12.0
Civic Engagement & Giving4.2
Supply Chain Management8.0
+ Designed to Give18.9

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.


Environment 29.2

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 Management3.2
Air & Climate0.3
Water0.0
Land & Life2.9
+ Toxin Reduction / Remediation20.4

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 2.2

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 Stewardship2.2


Additional Documentation

FRIEND + FOLK LLC TRANSPARENT ASSESSMENT 2025