Havas New York
New York, United States
October 2021
Advertising & market research
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
United States
As the flagship North American creative agency of global advertising and communications network Havas Group, Havas New York is home to diverse capabilities and embodies the network’s global mission to make a meaningful difference to the brands, businesses and lives of the people they work with. Owned by Vivendi, the world’s largest entertainment company, Havas New York sits at the intersection of content, entertainment, technology, and distribution. Recognized for changing the advertising industry for the better through its commitment to social, environmental, and economic good, the agency has been honored with impressive accolades such as Digiday’s WorkLife award for Most Innovative Culture in 2018, Ad Age's award for Best Places To Work in both 2019 and 2021, AdExchanger’s award for Best Collaborative Agency Team in 2020 and The Drum’s award for Network Agency of the Year in 2021. Havas New York boasts a diverse roster of culturally relevant brands and clients ranging from global commercial real estate services company JLL, which was recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Etisphere Institute and Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies, to Yash Pakka, a sustainable packaging company and fellow B Corp.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 18.2
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.
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 18.2
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.
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 33.5
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.
Community 18.8
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.
Environment 13.5
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.
Customers 3.0
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.