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News and updates from the B Corp movement in the UK.

The latest updates from B Lab UK

Preliminary consultation for the B Corp Certification Standards

Preliminary consultation suggests new B Corps standards are ambitious yet attainable

Read B Lab UK's press release on the latest progress in the evolution of B Corp Certification Standards.
Pip Murray joins B Lab UK board

Pip Murray joins B Lab UK board

Pip Murray, Founder of B Corp Pip & Nut has joined the B Lab UK board. Find out more.
Better Business Day press release

78% of UK public back a change to company law

Our latest research reveals the vast majority of the UK public (78%) now back a change to company law that would see the interests of people and planet sit alongside those of shareholders when making boardroom decisions. Read the full press release to find out more.
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B Corp Month 2023 press release

UK public seek out ‘good’ businesses but lack trust over claims

Read B Lab UK's B Corp Month 2023 press release.

https://www.edie.net/b-corp-certification-standards-set-to-get-tougher/

B Corp certification standards set to get tougher

B Lab, the verifying body for B Corps, is preparing to roll out new standards for certification and has posted strong support from across the private sector.
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4115393/b-corp-standards-pass-stakeholder-test

New B Corp standards pass stakeholder test

Experts, companies, and public back new standards through preliminary consultation, B Lab confirms.
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/people/pip-and-nut-founder-joins-b-lab-as-board-trustee/679270.article

Pip & Nut founder Pippa Murray becomes B Corp board trustee

Pippa Murray, the founder of ethical peanut butter brand Pip & Nut, has joined B Lab UK as a board trustee.
https://www.business-money.com/announcements/better-business-act-could-transform-uk-economy/

Better Business Act could transform UK economy

“The Better Business Act is so timely and fitting for the change that is needed in how our economy is led. Its enshrinement in law would immediately empower and equip all business leaders to drive prosperity in a new and much-needed way."