Light Trail Consulting

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

British Columbia, Canada

Certified Since

September 2015

Industry

Management consultant - nonprofits

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Canada,

United Kingdom

You don’t have to change into a superhero to do what’s right, but you do need to change your mindset to build a purpose driven business. At Light Trail, we lead with our values, empowering organizations to navigate strategic decisions and manage change. We work with boards, executives and leadership teams, focused on generating more impact, guiding successful change, and building organizational effectiveness. By helping you learn what it takes to create a better organization, it leads to better outcomes for your people, your communities and the planet.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Light Trail Consulting earned an overall score of 122.1. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
122.1
122.1 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 14.6

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 & Engagement1.7
Ethics & Transparency2.9
+ 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 25.4

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.

Financial Security8.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety11.0
Career Development1.5
Engagement & Satisfaction2.4

Community 50.1

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, & Inclusion4.5
Economic Impact7.8
Civic Engagement & Giving7.7
+ Designed to Give21.3
+ Local Economic Development5.6

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 15.3

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 Management2.8
Air & Climate4.2
Water0.0
Land & Life1.7

Customers 16.5

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 Stewardship1.9
+ Support for Underserved/Purpose Driven Enterprises12.2
+ Serving in Need Populations2.3

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.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2024 Overall B Impact Score122.1
2021 Overall B Impact Score95.1
2018 Overall B Impact Score81.1
2015 Overall B Impact Score86.3

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