B Corp Basics
What month is B Corp Month?
March
What was the first ice cream company to become a Certified B Corp?
Ben & Jerry
What is the name of the legislation that allows companies to embed social and environmental impact into their legal structure?
Benefit Corporation legal structure
When and where is the next Champions Retreat?
Milwaukee 2026
What phrase is often used by the B Corp community to describe why they balance profit and purpose?
People, Planet, and Profit
Historically, how many points does a B Corp need to be certified?
80 Points
What was the first Certified B Corp in the food and beverage industry?
Guayaki Yerba Mate
The B Corp movement launched in Latin America under what regional name?
Sistema B
What is the difference between B Locals and B Networks?
B Locals are regionally based, while B Networks are organized around impact, industry, role, identity, or region.
In what year did the first publicly traded company become a Certified B Corp?
2014
What is the platform that B Corp employees are able to use to stay connected to each other?
B Hive
What was the first B Corp financial institution in the U.S.?
Beneficial State Bank
What is the name of the campaign, launched in 2018, that helped drive awareness of the B Corp movement through global advertising and storytelling?
Vote Every Day
What are the B Lab US & Canada theory of change pillars?
Racial equity, climate justice, stakeholder economy
Who was the first B Corp?
Untours
What year was B Lab founded?
2006
What was the first B Corp to be certified in the United Kingdom?
Cook
Which state was the first in the U.S. to legally recognize Benefit Corporations?
Maryland
What B Lab email should you share with 1% for the Planet members who are interested or have questions about B Corp certification?
certify@bcorporation.net
In what year did the B Corp movement surpass 5,000 certified companies?
May 6, 2022
Who founded B Lab? Hint it was 3 people
Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy
Who was the first B Local group to form?
Illinois or Virginia
What major milestone did the B Corp movement celebrate in 2023?
10th anniversary of B Corps in the UK
When will the new standards be released?
Unknown (hard because no one really knows!)
How many countries make up the global B Corp movement?
102 Countries