The B Impact Assessment Grades Five Areas
Workers
Community
Customers
Environment
Governance
To become a Certified B-Corporation, a company has to score at least 80 points on the B Impact Assessment across the five areas listed above
Sample Questions
Don’t have 30 minutes? No worries! Click through these five questions to get a better understanding of what to expect from the B Impact Assessment
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What portion of your management is evaluated in writing on their performance with regard to corporate social and environmental targets?
A) 0%
B) 1-24%
C) 25-49%
D) 50-74%
E) 75%+
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Does your company monitor and record its universal waste production?
A) We do not currently monitor and record waste production
B) Our company monitors and records waste production (no reduction targets)
C) Our company monitors waste production and has specific reduction targets
D) Our company monitors waste production and has met specific reduction targets during the reporting period
E) N/A - Company does not have any universal waste production
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Which of the following underserved populations does your business impact or target (check all that apply)? If you are a business-to-business focused company, think of who the ultimate user of your product or service is.
A) Low-income, poor, or very poor (including low-income minorities and other underserved populations)
B) Minority, disabled, and other underserved (but not low-income)
C) Nonprofits that serve the poor
D) Nonprofits (other than those that serve the poor)
E) None of the above
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Based on the results of your employee satisfaction assessment (conducted within the past 2 fiscal years), what percent of your employees are ‘Satisfied’ or ‘Engaged’?
A) <65%
B) 65-80%
C) >80%
D) N/A
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Does the company do any of the following with regards to managing the potential impact their products have on customers/beneficiaries?
A) Company regularly monitors customer outcomes and well-being
B) Company has formal program to incorporate customer testing and feedback into product design
C) Company has formal programs in place to continuously improve outcomes produced for customers (including reducing negative effects or increasing positive effects)
D) Others
E) None of the above