Nine & Co.
Flevoland, Netherlands The
September 2023
Apparel
Wholesale/Retail
Austria,
Belgium,
Canada,
Denmark,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Italy,
Netherlands The,
Spain,
Switzerland
Nine & Co. is a leading, international company for fashion, home and sleep textiles with 2 brands leading in the domain of maternity, baby & kids: Noppies and Alvi. Nine & Co. has 269 employees in total and sales in 40 countries. Our headquarters is located in Lelystad, the Netherlands. Building a sustainable and social responsible company makes for no other company so much sense as it does for us. New life is something to celebrate and cherish. With our philosophy on life, the stories we tell, the choices we make, we can directly impact the world these children live in and will grow up in. Since 2017, we started defining and sharpening our sustainability strategy and programs. In 2021, we were able to give more depth to the programs that we run to make more concrete and tangible impact. With a final result to become part of the B-Corp movement since September 2023.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 15.1
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.
Governance 15.1
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.
Workers 21.6
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 13.0
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 37.1
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 3.2
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.