Society

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom

Certified Since

March 2019

Industry

Other professional, scientific & tech

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

New Zealand,

United Kingdom,

United States

Society is a global executive search firm. We solve recruitment challenges for responsible businesses and purpose-driven organisations on a retained basis. Our mission is to bring about positive change around the world by placing exceptional people into meaningful roles within good organisations. From our offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, and New Zealand, we handle appointments based all over the world. Our clients come from a range of different industries and niches across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. We work broadly across many different functional areas, tackling everything from CEO and Board-level appointments, through to mid-level roles, and programmes of recruitment resulting from expansion or restructure. Society is a signatory of the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search Firms. We are passionate supporters of equality of opportunity, and genuine believers in the value and importance of diversity. 10% of our profits go towards funding the work of The Society Foundation, an independent charity dedicated to tackling issues of workforce inclusion.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Society earned an overall score of 107.5. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
107.5
107.5 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 17.4

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 & Engagement1.4
Ethics & Transparency5.9
+ 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 30.9

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 Security7.2
Health, Wellness, & Safety9.7
Career Development4.8
Engagement & Satisfaction6.6

Community 33.2

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, & Inclusion6.9
Economic Impact3.8
Civic Engagement & Giving3.9
Supply Chain Management2.2
+ Designed to Give13.8

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 2.4

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 Management0.0
Air & Climate0.4
Water0.0
Land & Life1.0

Customers 23.2

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 Stewardship4.1
+ Support for Underserved/Purpose Driven Enterprises11
+ Serving in Need Populations8

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

2022 Overall B Impact Score107.5
2019 Overall B Impact Score86.9

Additional Documentation

Annual Impact Report 2022-23


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