The Sourcing Team Ltd
Surrey, United Kingdom
June 2020
Other/general wholesale trade
Wholesale/Retail
United Kingdom
The Sourcing Team is an ethical sourcing company, designing and creating branded marketing materials that bring brands to life – all ethically sourced, fantastically creative and driving the message for sustainability up and down the supply chain. Proud to have worked with some of the world leaders in sustainability including retail, financial sector and NGOs. Our accreditations and commitments include Sedex, WEConnect International, Living Wage, UN Global Compact, EcoVadis, ISO14001, ISO9001, Carton Neutral, WorkforGood and of course, B Corp Certified. Member of key industry bodies Europe and the US. Our CEO has 30 years as a qualified buyer - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, founder of The Sourcing Team 1996. Passion for ethical sourcing – with key focus on human rights and supply chain engagement through their progress beyond-audit since 2016. Gill has been focused on supporting gender diversity, driving change for more sustainable procurement practices and collaboration to protect both people and planet. Demonstrated by her commitment to voluntary work and giving back since inception of the business in 1996.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 8.6
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.
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 8.6
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.
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 25.2
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 19.8
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 25.3
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.
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.
Customers 3.9
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.