Investments for B-Corp company

TimMatthias

I have a company wishing to invest £200K without losing their B-Corp status and therefore have to match the following criteria:

B Lab has recently improved guidance on the eligibility aspects for companies serving clients in controversial industries. So far, these are the industries and respective thresholds that will deem a company ineligible to proceed with the certification process:

• Tobacco: 0%
• Weapons/Firearms/Munitions: 0%
• Recreational Marijuana: 0%
• Pornography: 0%
• Prisons: If >0%, then company is required to meet B Lab risk standards for serving clients in the prison industry (i.e., eligible if they meet the standards)
• Gambling: 1%
• Nuclear Power: 5%
• Fossil Fuels (coal mining/oil sands): 5%; EXCEPTION: If the company serves fossil fuel clients, and all the fossil fuel clients are B Corp certified, then the company is eligible for certification

I have tried filtering on FE, but can't find anything suitable. Has anyone had a similar case and found a solution?

richallum

The Worthstone portal allows you to filter based on those.

benjaminfabi

Is it also the case that if you are investing via a B-Corp certified DIM then you'd be okay?

EG Tribe Impact Capital and EQ Investors are both B-Corp status DIMs, so it would be harsh if investing through their portfolios threatened your own status.

TimMatthias

@richallum said:
The Worthstone portal allows you to filter based on those.

@benjaminfabi said:
Is it also the case that if you are investing via a B-Corp certified DIM then you'd be okay?

EG Tribe Impact Capital and EQ Investors are both B-Corp status DIMs, so it would be harsh if investing through their portfolios threatened your own status.

Thanks for your help.