Kane Communications Group
Wisconsin, United States
September 2022
Management consultant - for-profits
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
Switzerland,
United States
Kane Communications Group is a full-service public relations, communications, marketing and branding agency that builds, activates and protects the reputation of organizations around the world. We help our clients align their communications strategies with their organizational values—inspiring action that earns trust, builds loyalty and achieves measurable outcomes. Founded in 2013 and owned and operated by award-winning journalist, Kimberly Kane, the agency is a woman-owned, WOSBE-, WBENC-, DBE- and SBE-certified firm. Kane is also a participant in the United Nations Global Compact. Furthermore, in 2021, Inc. Magazine recognized Kane as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. We focus on driving progress through research-based strategic planning to create opportunities for storytelling and connections through public, media and community relations. Our team has decades of experience in multilingual content development, integrated campaigns, digital and social media, video production, internal communications and more. Kane has offices in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin and Geneva, Switzerland. We have 14 employees, and a robust internship program with local, national and international students which contributes to our business goal of building a diverse pip
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 15.3
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.
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 15.3
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.
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 31.4
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 19.9
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.
Environment 7.8
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 16.9
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.
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.