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More than 60 Percent of B Corps Located in Cities–What’s Their Impact?

October 20, 2014 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Now over 1,000 businesses strong, the B Corp movement is gaining momentum as a way for companies to certify their commitment to social, environmental and business goals. Companies must meet both performance and legal requirements with rigorous social, environmental, accountability and transparency standards to achieve certification, and are then reassessed every two years. Since, according to our research, at least 60 percent of B Corps are located in urban markets, at ICIC we wondered what type of impact B Corps might be making in their inner cities.

By Lena Ferguson, ICIC

Full Story: http://www.icic.org/connection/blog-entry/blog-are-b-corps-making-a-difference-in-inner-cities