Ulule

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Île-de-France, France

Certified Since

October 2015

Industry

Social networks & info sharing

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Canada,

France

A crowdfunding pioneer, Ulule was founded in 2010 and is today the number one community-backed incubator of positive impact projects in Europe. Its mission is to empower people – creators, citizens, companies – to take action for a world that is more diverse, more sustainable and open to all. Beyond mere funding, it works to help creators turn their ideas into actions, succeed and grow their projects to increase their impact. Ulule is proud to be a certified B Corporation since 2015 and operates out of its headquarters in Paris and its international office in Montreal. Its growing community of 5.5 million members has made it possible to bring 67 000 projects to life.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Ulule earned an overall score of 80.1. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
80.1
80.1 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 19.0

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 & Engagement3.7
Ethics & Transparency5.3
+ 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 20.7

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 Security2.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety6.0
Career Development4.2
Engagement & Satisfaction4.9

Community 14.8

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.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion4.2
Economic Impact7.1
Civic Engagement & Giving1.3

Environment 7.3

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 Management3.8
Air & Climate0.8
Water0.0
Land & Life2.7

Customers 18.1

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 Stewardship1.3
+ Support for Underserved/Purpose Driven Enterprises16.7

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 Score80.1
2018 Overall B Impact Score85
2015 Overall B Impact Score83.3

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