

Gelfand Partners Architects

California, United States
October 2013
Architecture design & planning
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
United States,
Uruguay
Gelfand Partners is a woman-owned, full service San Francisco design firm. The office advances the design of schools, affordable housing and civic facilities and extends the benefits of sustainability for budget sensitive clients. Through responsive design, social engagement and adaptive reuse of historic buildings Gelfand Partners’ practice reinforces the strengths of mature communities and enables and stimulates a healthy future for new communities. Gelfand Partners has designed healthy and dignified homes for thousands of residents with low or no income. Through creating welcoming social settings Gelfand Partners’ dozens of multifamily developments help residents connect with neighbors and make themselves truly at home. Gelfand Partners’ innovations in education affect not only the tens of thousands of students attending Gelfand Partners’ new and modernized schools and colleges, but also influence high performance design standards across multiple other institutions. Gelfand Partners participates in the development and dissemination of cost effective, simple and reliable best practices shared across the industry. Healthy environments, lower operating costs, and a flexible future should define the 21st century building stock. Gelfand Partners designs for tomorrow today.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 17.0
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.
Governance 17.0
The Workers Impact Area evaluates a company's contributions to its employees' financial security, health and safety, wellness, career development, as well as overall engagement and 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.
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 27.0
The Workers Impact Area evaluates a company's contributions to its employees' financial security, health and safety, wellness, career development, as well as overall engagement and 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.
Community 16.0
The Workers Impact Area evaluates a company's contributions to its employees' financial security, health and safety, wellness, career development, as well as overall engagement and 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.
Environment 33.0
The Workers Impact Area evaluates a company's contributions to its employees' financial security, health and safety, wellness, career development, as well as overall engagement and 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.
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 1.7
The Workers Impact Area evaluates a company's contributions to its employees' financial security, health and safety, wellness, career development, as well as overall engagement and 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.
Previous Overall B Impact Scores
Best for the World
Every year, B Lab recognizes the B Corps that have achieved the highest verified scores in the five impact areas evaluated on the B Impact Assessment.