Investments for B-Corp company

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?

Comments

  • richallumrichallum Administrator

    The Worthstone portal allows you to filter based on those.

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  • 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.

    Benjamin Fabi 
  • @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.

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