Why B Corp matters
Becoming a B Corp is more than a certification; it is a commitment to a new way of doing business. Every day, the B Corp movement is creating real-world impact—whether that’s individual businesses using B Lab’s standards to improve their social and environmental performance, or the whole community advocating for wider systemic change, together.
Real impact for people and the planet
Transformation starts with accountability. By meeting rigorous social, environmental, and governance standards, B Corps are demonstrating that it is possible to balance business performance with impact.
Our research shows striking data on how the UK B Corp community is already redefining success in business to empower people and protect the planet. B Corps are:
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26% more likely to pay the family living wage to all their workers
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nearly twice as likely to only use renewable energy
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four times as likely to identify biodiversity risks
Mobilising the power of collective action
B Corps join forces to tackle challenges that are too big for one brand to solve alone. This sense of shared purpose is the movement's engine. In 2024, 76% of our community felt they were part of a collective effort to transform the system.
Explore what shared purpose looks like in action below.
Driving systemic change
To address the urgent social and environmental challenges of today, we bring businesses together to advocate for policy and legislative frameworks that look beyond short-term profit.
Our flagship policy campaign, the Better Business Act, is striving for a change in UK law that would ensure every company—not just B Corps—is legally accountable for its social and environmental impact. By proposing an amendment to Section 172 of the Companies Act, we aim to make responsible business the default standard across Britain.
