We are Good Capital are proud to a founding B Corporation. Jay Coen Gilbert just sent out this note: there are 82 of us and we represent a $650 million marketplace.

Though more B Corps are joining, none of the new ones will be labeled founders.

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We are Good Capital are proud to a founding B Corporation. Jay Coen Gilbert just sent out this note: there are 82 of us and we represent a $650 million marketplace.

Though more B Corps are joining, none of the new ones will be labeled founders.

“Every time a company becomes a B Corporation, we ring a bell here at our office, “Jay said in his email. “We have rung the bell 82 times so far. This little Ringing of the Bell ritual has become a fun and important part of our culture here at B Lab. So much so that we thought we’d begin to share it with all of you. Every couple of weeks we’ll be sending out a Ring the Bell email to all B Corporations to welcome the newbies into our community. We’ll list each new B Corporation, give you a brief feel for their business and hopefully share a little something personal that you wouldn’t get from their website. We’ll also acknowledge those individuals and organizations who helped bring the new B Corporations into our community.

“Many companies will be following your lead in 2008, but none will be Founding B Corporations. That honor is yours alone and we continue to be thankful for your leadership and support.”

So without further ado, please welcome the 82 Founding B Corporations, representing a $650 million marketplace. You are each leaders in dozens of industries and in creating a wide range of social and environmental benefits through your businesses. We try to make connections as best we can, but our hope is that you will reach out to and support each other.

Here is the list of 82 (just a paste from a word file with a short note from the company leaders on why they joined. We have not put them all into xigi yet, but we will).

The Founding B Corporations

In addition to the individuals thanked below, we’d like to honor the following organizations upon whose shoulders we stand and at whose important gatherings we met dozens of Founding B Corporations: BALLE and its local chapters, Coop America, Corporation 2020, Investors’ Circle, Social Venture Network, and SRI in the Rockies. If we’ve missed anything, please correct us and blame our minds not our hearts.

A1 Builders, Rick Dubrow, First Hammer
Bellingham, WA

A-1 Builders are a full-service remodeling and custom home builder, addressing both residential and light commercial projects committed to outstanding workmanship, impeccable aesthetics, and sustainable designs. Adaptations, our design division, is recognized as the region’s premier design/build contractor working towards sustainable business and construction practices.

Offering the consumer a ‘brand’ of companies that embrace triple-bottom-line management is essential in turning this mainstream, behemoth economy towards a gentler, sustainable path. Although I typically abhor labels, the B Corporation is one I can embrace and wear proudly.

Thanks Michelle Long from Sustainable Connection (BALLE’s Bellingham chapter).

Abacus Wealth Partners, Spencer Sherman, Greg Aloia, Jason Cole, CEO, Senior Wealth Advisor, Managing Director
Sebastopol, CA, Philadelphia, PA
kellyabacuswealth.com (for Spencer)
jasonabacuswealth.com

Agora Partnerships, Ben Powell, Founder
Washington, D.C.

Andy Smith Photography, Andy Smith, Owner
Philadelphia, PA

Thanks Leanne Krueger-Braneky from SBN-Philly (BALLE’s Philly chapter).

Anthurium Solutions, Tim Simard, Founder
Duxbury, VT

Thanks Ben Bingham from Benchmark Asset Managers, Founding B Corp.

BBMG, Raphael Bemporad, Mitch Baranowski, Partners
New York, NY
An award-winning branding and marketing firm recently featured in the book, Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes, BBMG harnesses the power of branding to help socially responsible clients stand out, build relationships, win loyalty and inspire

B Corporation sits at the crossroads of social purpose and financial promise. It is timely, relevant, and poised to change the way the world does business, and what business can do for the world.

Benchmark Asset Managers, Ben Bingham, Sam Folin, John Campagna,
Managing Partners
Philadelphia, PA

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Benchmark Asset Managers is an advisor and portfolio manager for individuals and institutions that seek a unified socially responsible program including global companies with high beneficial impact.

Benchmark became a Founding B Corporation to lead by example.

BeOn Holdings (Essential Living Foods), Christopher Daugherty
Santa Monica, CA

Better World Books, Xavier Helgesen, David Murphy, Co-Founder, CEO
Mishawaka, IN
Better World Books is a unique Social Enterprise - a triple bottom line business where creating a nursing library in Somaliland, supporting employees with profit sharing and equity ownership opportunities, and shipping book orders climate neutral are all not just a by product of doing business - it is the business

We became a founding B-Corp because simply put, we believe that we are a different type of business. What differentiates us from our competitors is our triple bottom line business model. Today, people want to vote with their dollars. While our competitors are set up to provide wealth for their shareholders, we are set up to benefit our literacy partners, our employees and our environment.

BetterWorld Telecom, Matthew Bauer, Jim Kenefick, President and Founder
Reston, VA


BetterWorld is the only full service nationwide voice and data telecommunications carrier solely focused on serving businesses, enterprises, and organizations that have social and sustainable missions.

We believe in business as the lever of change in society - - to achieve this and create critical mass, we must bond together create a new economy with a new set of rules. The B Corporation designation and group is just such a vehicle that will help this dynamic to come to fruition.

Blueprint Research and Design, Lucy Bernholz, Founder and President
San Francisco, CA

Blueprint Research & Design, Inc. helps grant making foundations, individual and family donors, and philanthropic networks to achieve their missions.

We are a commercial consulting firm dedicated to improving the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Our work is premised on the understanding that all entities - market-based, nonprofit and public sector – can work to improve society. The B Corporation model - the Survey and hopefully the community of B Corporations - is proof that we don’t need to be bound by the rules that exist – we can change the rules to change the world.

Cathedral Financial Group, Rose Penelope Yee, Marketing Director
Oakland, CA

Thanks to Mike Hannigan from Give Something Back.

Comet Skateboards, Jason Salfi, Don Shaffer, President and Co-Founder
Ithaca, NY
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don.shafferrsfsocialfinance.org (415) 255-1108 x100
Comet Skateboards is the leading manufacturer of high performance skateboards. All Comet manufacturing, merchandise, and initiatives are executed in a manner that aims to enrich the community and preserve bio-diversity.

Comet became a B Corporation to join a community of like minded business that aim to engrain the DNA of business with the vision that triple bottom line companies were founded on.

Culinary Collective (Matiz España, Zocalo Gourmet, & Power-Selles Imports), Betsy Powers, Co-Founder
Woodinville, WA

Dansko, Mandy Cabot, Peter Kjellerup, CEO, CEE
West Grove, PA

eConscious Market, Matthew Gerson, CEO
Boulder, CO
mgersoneconsciousmarket.com
The Internet’s largest philanthropic eco marketplace donates 50% of net profits to non-profit organizations that customers choose while shopping. Our marketplace helps conscious shoppers easily locate a vast array of eco products, so they can live healthier lifestyles, and in so doing, be part of the transformation to a more sustainable world. Giving. It’s the New Getting.

We were thrilled when we first heard about the concepts being developed at B Lab. Our company and goals fit perfectly with these ideas – creating a thriving socially-minded business sector that benefits society and improves the environment. We’re honored to be a Founding B Corporation alongside so many other incredible companies, and we look forward to building the sector together.

Edgewood Partners, Mary Barrett, Founding Partner
Philadelphia, PA

Thanks to Andy Smith from Andy Smith Photography and Leanne Krueger-Braneky form SBN-Philly.

egg, Marty McDonald, Creative Director
Seattle, WA

EOS Energy Solutions, Andrew Kleeman, Founder
Philadelphia, PA

Evergreen Lodge, Lee Zimmerman, Brian Anderluh, Owners
Groveland, CA

EVO Media, Daniel Siegel, CEO
Santa Monica, CA

Fair Trade Sports, Scott James, Founder
Bainbridge Island, WA
scottfairtradesports.com 800-716-4674 ext. 5

Thanks to Elizabeth Killough from Untours, Founding B Corporation.

Give Something Back Business Products, Mike Hannigan, Sean Marx, Founders
Oakland, CA
Give Something Back Business Products is California’s largest independent office supplier and donates more than half of its profits to community organizations through a balloting process that involves GSB’s 17,000 customers and 80-plus employees.

B Corp is wholly compatible with the mission GSB has been operating under for 16 years. B Corp provides GSB with the opportunity to lead other companies and help them become socially responsible businesses.

Good Capital, Tim Freundlich, Kevin Jones, Joy Anderson, Managing Partners
San Francisco, CA

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Good Capital is an investment firm that accelerates the flow of capital to innovative ventures and initiatives that harness the power of the market to create sustainable solutions to some of society’s most challenging problems.

Good Capital became a founding B Corporation because we think that credible, independent third party validation that a particular business can legitimately lay claim to the title of being a beneficial business is essential. Some other entity needs to set the standards and the company needs to meet that standard.

Green Harvest Technologies, David Levine
New York, NY

Green Harvest Technologies (GHT) is developing, producing, and marketing new applications of biobased materials in consumer and institutional products which are healthier for the consumer and better for the environment without price or performance tradeoffs.

The B Corporation provides an important framework, guidance system and evaluative tool for us and other companies that are truly striving to move down the path to sustainability. Green Harvest Technologies believes that we should, can and must invent new opportunities and businesses that model the world we are trying to create. The B Corporation has truly come along at a time where we can say that if it did not exist than it would have to be created.

Thanks to Todd Johnson from Jones Day.

GREEN and SAVE, Charlie Szoradi, Founder
Wayne, PA

Greg Christian Catering, Greg Christian, Owner
Chicago, IL

Guayakí Sustainable Rainforest Products, Chris Mann, Co-founder
Sebastopol, CA

Thanks to Don Shaffer from RSF Social Finance and Jeff Mendlesohn, New Leaf Paper.

Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos, & Rudy, LLP, Scott Smith, Jonathan Storpor, Partners
San Francisco, CA

Hot Frog, Laurie Lane-Zucker, Publisher
Great Barrington, MA

Hotfrog is a New Media, Social Networking, and Merchandise company serving the global sustainability and social justice movement.

We became a Founding B Corporation to directly connect our values with our business practices and to help support the B Corp initiative.

Icestone, Peter Strugatz, Founder and co-CEO
Brooklyn, NY

IceStone LLC manufactures high-design durable surfaces from 100% recycled glass and cement that are used in kitchen countertops, bathroom vanities and flooring. We are a mission-driven company actively reducing the waste stream by redirecting tons of waste glass from landfills to be used in IceStone surfaces. We operate out of a renovated, day-lit factory in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, creating U.S. jobs for workers in an eco-friendly, safe and respectful environment, and are proud to be the first and only durable surface manufacturing company to receive Cradle to Cradle certification.

IceStone was co-founded by two longterm members of Investors’ Circle and Social Venture Network – believers that business can be a tool for social and environmental sustainability. IceStone has been collaborating with green-building businesses, non-profits, and sustainability organizations since our formation. IceStone hopes that the B Corporation community will continue to provide leadership, teamwork, and the models to follow for a true sustainable business future.

Impact Makers, Michael Pirron, Founder
Richmond, VA

Impact Makers delivers Information Technology and Management Consulting professional services, focused on the Healthcare industry. We are a non-stock, “competitive” social venture – the critical difference between Impact Makers and our competitors is that all of our profits go directly to our charitable community partners. Impact Makers transforms economic value into social value for our community. Specifically, Impact Makers is truly innovative in that it provides professional services at market prices, competes with other firms to win business, pays market salaries to its employees, is a nonprofit structure with books open to the public, and contributes strategic consulting, and all profits, to charitable community organizations

Impact Makers and B Lab have a shared mission to generally promote social purpose organizations. Both organizations are creating innovative ways to insert and enforce the social mission of corporations into the founding principles of organizations. Impact Makers has a unique new “hybrid” social venture model that goes beyond the already rigorous requirements of all B corporations; specifically, Impact Makers does not have any equity ownership (no shareholders) and exists to solely maximize community stakeholder value.

Indigenous Designs, Scott Leonard, Matt Reynolds, Sean Holt, Co-Founders, CFO
Santa Rosa, CA

Founded in 1994, Indigenous is a wholesale clothing company and industry leader in organic, fair trade clothing, employing thousands of artisans in the most remote and impoverished regions of the world to produce clothing using the finest organic materials and traditional skills passed down over thousands of years.

We feel like the values and aspirations of B Corporation are very closely aligned with our own. As market pioneers of organic, fair trade clothing, we strive to continually innovate and raise standards for sustainable and social enterprises. We feel like B Corporation can help us achieve those goals and vice versa.

InJoy Media, Stu Zimmerman, Chief Inspiration Officer
Fairfield, CA

Kimberton Whole Foods, Terry Brett, Owner
Kimberton, PA

King Arthur Flour Company, Steve Voigt, CEO
Norwich, VT

America’s oldest flour company and premier baking resource, King Arthur Flour was founded in Boston, Mass., in 1790, moved its headquarters to Vermont in 1986 and is 100% employee-owned.

King Arthur Flour Company’s two centuries of history has been shaped (and made possible) by our strongly and broadly held values. We gladly lend our support to advocate for business run on like principles.

La Rutan, Jeff Brams, Founder
Jupiter, FL

Lateral Line, Brandon White, Co-Founder and Owner
Easton, MD
brandonlaterallineco.com 410-310-7051
We are two brothers with a fanatical passion for fishing and a vision to build the angler’s brand of technical year-round fishing clothing. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Easton, Maryland, Lateral Line builds the most technologically advanced year-round fishing apparel on the planet.

We became a B Corporation because it just made sense. We believe that by similar companies coming together our collective voice will be stronger than our individual voices alone. We believe this new voice will attract new companies to share in the triple bottom line vision which will prolong the life of our fisheries and our planet and make the earth a great place to fish and live for future generations.

Learning and Vision Partners, Elizabeth Guman, President
West Chester, PA

Learning & Vision Partners is a consulting and training group that specialize in helping organizations, teams and individuals create business results through shared values, vision and purpose.

Through my work in organizational performance I have seen the power of measurement. I believe strongly in the work that B Lab is doing and am thrilled to be a part of the foundation of such potentially transforming work.

Thanks to Leanne Kruger-Braneky, SBN-Philadelphia (BALLE’s Philly chapter).

Leibowitz Photography, Kris Nelson, Studio Manager
Los Angeles, CA
krisleibowitzpictures.com 310-880-0469

Living Spirit Channel, Chenoa Smith, CEO and Co-Founder
Venice, CA

Mair Affair, Marion Carter, Owner/ Event Specialist
Philadelphia, PA

Mal Warwick Associates, Mal Warwick, Founder/Chair
Berkeley, CA

Mal Warwick Associates, founded in 1979, is one of the country’s premier fundraising consultancies for nonprofit organizations.

For more than a decade, Mal Warwick Associates has been in the forefront of the movement for socially responsible business. We have long sought a mechanism through which our aspirations for change could be focused, refined, branded, and popularized to attract millions of American companies. We believe B Corporations show promise of becoming that mechanism.

Thanks Deb Nelson and Aileen Sweeney from SVN.

Management Resources, Rob Lederer, Founder
New York, NY
robmanagementresources.biz

Mantria Corporation, Troy Wragg, Founder, Chairman & CEO
Bala Cynwyd, PA

Mantria Corporation is a diversified company focused on “green” community development, sustainable resort development, socially responsible investing, low income “green” housing, creative financing, and international fractional ownership sales and marketing. Mantria Corporation has offices in Philadelphia (Bala Cynwyd), Tennessee, and Beijing.

Mantria Corporation became a B-Corp given our belief that the B-Corp brand will stand as true regulation in the sustainable business sector. Our model matches this belief and we are we are proud to wear the “B” seal.

Thanks to Greg Aloia from Abacus Wealth Partners.

Method Home Products, Adam Lowry, Co-Founder/Chief Greenskeeper
San Francisco, CA

Method is the pioneer of premium non-toxic, eco-chic home care, fabric care, air care and personal care products.

Method already runs its business in a values-driven manner, building social & environmental benefit into its products and everything it does. Being a B Corporation allows Method to build that ethos into the legal backbone of the company so that those values will never be compromised.

Moka Joe Coffee, Trudy Scherting, Owner
Bellingham, WA

Moka Joe is a wholesale roaster of 100% Fair Trade, certified organic, bird friendly, shade grown, Kosher coffee.

Moka Joe became a B Corporation to challenge ourselves to step up to be as socially and environmentally responsible as we can as individuals and as a company.

Thanks Michelle Long from Sustainable Connection (BALLE’s Bellingham chapter).

Monitor Institute, Katherine Fulton, Ewa Bierbrauer, President, COO
Cambridge, MA

Mugshots Coffeehouse and Café, Jill Fink, Angela Vendetti, Co-owners
Philadelphia, PA

angiemugshotscoffeehouse.com
Winner of the SBN’s Triple Bottom Line award, Mugshots is a socially conscious café with an extensive fair-trade drink menu and a local food menu consisting of soups, salads, & sandwiches made with free-range & organic ingredients, bought from local farmers whenever possible. Mugshots received “Best of Philly” by Philadelphia Magazine and was voted the City’s Best Coffeehouse by AOL City Guide.

Mugshots became a Founding B Corporation because we are committed to making sustainability an integral part of our business.

Thanks to Leanne Kruger-Braneky, SBN-Philadelphia (BALLE’s Philly chapter).

National Foundry Products, Steve Weinberg, President
Philadelphia, PA

Thanks to Leanne Kruger-Braneky, SBN-Philadelphia (BALLE’s Philly chapter).

Natural Investments, Michael Kramer, Financial Advisor
Keauhou, HI
michaelnaturalinvesting.com 888-779-1500

Thanks to Chris Mann from Guayaki and Matt Reynolds from Indigenous Designs.

Nau, Chris Van Dyke, Jil Ziligen, CEO, Chief Sustainability Officer
Portland, OR

New Leaf Paper, Jeff Mendelsohn, President
San Francisco, CA

New Leaf Paper develops office and printing papers with leading environmental specifications and distributes them throughout North America.

As is evident in our company mission, we hope to participate in the creation of a business community that is committed to the highest standards of social and environmental responsibility. We have long waited for an organization to develop a transparent set of standards and processes around which such a business community can develop. We are excited about the potential for B Corporation to help drive the growth and success of this business community.

Thanks to Mike Hannigan from Give Something Back.

Nolan Painting, Kevin Nolan, President & CEO
Havertown, PA

Nolan Painting is a residential painting contractor providing interior and exterior painting, color consultations, carpentry, wallpaper, and custom decorative painting services.

Nolan Painting became a B-Corporation to band together with like-minded leaders who are purpose-driven to create value for people, place, and planet.

Thanks to Elizabeth Guman, Learning and Vision Partners and Scott Wheeler from Strategy Arts.

Numi Organic Tea, Ahmed Rahim, Reem Rahim, Founders and Co-owners
Oakland, CA

Thanks to Mark Finser and Don Shaffer from RSF Social Finance, to Joe Glorfield from TBL Capital, and Jeff Mendelsohn, New Leaf Paper.

On Belay Business Advisors, Ajax Greene, Co-founder
New Paltz, NY
ajaxyouronbelay.com 646-326-5300

Thanks Deb Nelson and Aileen Sweeney from SVN.

One Village Coffee, Steve Hackman, Scott Hackman, Owner, Vice President
Souderton, PA

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One Village Coffee is a regional coffee roasting company that supports non-profit organizations around the world. We provide premium, specialty coffee by roasting each blend/origin uniquely and frequently in small batches, having inventory in a just-in-time manner in order to provide the freshest coffee to the consumer.

We became a Founding B Corporation because we want to network with companies that are like-minded and are working for the benefit of all involved, including stakeholders not just shareholders. We want to add to the voice the B Corporation has already established in the marketplace.

Opticos Design, Karen Parolek, Principal
Berkeley, CA
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Opticos Design, Inc. is an urban design and architecture firm that specializes in the creation of vibrant, sustainable communities, comfortable pedestrian environments, and well-crafted buildings that will all withstand the test of time and reinforce the unique, local character of a place.

Opticos became a B corporation to find support in creating a business that better reflects our passions and beliefs that businesses should be socially, environmentally, and fiscally responsible, as well as to provide a successful business model to other firms looking to do the same. We also support the B corporation initiative to help consumers sort through the marketing hype to find businesses and products that are truly socially and environmentally responsible.

Thanks to Judy Wicks from White Dog Café for being an inspirational speaker☺.

PhilanTech, Dahna Goldstein, Founder
Washington, D.C.

Practical Energy Solutions, Paul Spiegel, President
West Chester, PA
pspiegelpracticalenergy.net 610-344-7326

Praxis Consulting Group, Alexander P. Moss, Founding Principal
Philadelphia, PA

Pura Vida Coffee, John Sage, Jeff Angell, Co-Founder/Chair, CEO
Seattle, WA
Pura Vida Coffee sells 100% organic, fair trade and shade grown coffee and a full line of sustainable beverages to individual and institutional customers throughout the US.

We believe that companies can be both ‘tough-minded and tender-hearted’, integrating the discipline and rigor of a for-profit with the heart and soul of a mission-driven non-profit organization. We believe that there is a ‘new sector’ forming and want to be in on the ground floor!

Re:Vision Architecture, Jennifer Rezeli, Co-Founder
Philadelphia, PA

Re:Vision Architecture (RVA) is an architecture, planning, and consulting firm specializing in sustainable design and development.

Re:Vision became a B Corporation to inspire other companies to adopt socially responsible practices, and to be inspired by others; to allow our stakeholders (staff, clients, etc) to know that RVA is a socially responsible company; and to learn how RVA can be more socially responsible.

Thanks to Leanne Kruger-Braneky from SBN-Philly.

Sage Financial Group, Stephen Cohn, Founder and co-President
Conshohocken, PA
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Seventh Generation, Jeffrey Hollender, President
Burlington, VT

Established in 1988, Seventh Generation is the nation’s most widely recognized brand of natural household and personal care products.

Seventh Generation became a founding B Corporation to support a standards and rating system that is critical to developing trust in the marketplace through greater transparency and independent evaluation.

SiwThaiSilk, Susan Firestone, Founder
Yardley, PA

Thanks to Mary Barrett from Edgewood Partners.

Social(k), Rob Thomas, Founder and President
Springfield, MA

Social(k) provides a paperless retirement platform for 401(k) and 403(b) plans, with more socially responsible and faith based screened funds than any other platform available to businesses and organizations. We have an open architecture platform; we do not force you to use funds from any specific group or fund family. We are fully bundled and offer full service recordkeeping, testing and annual reporting.

Becoming a Founding B Corporation was an easy decision for Social(k). Our company mission statement and goals are perfectly aligned with those of a B-Corp.

Strategy Arts, Scott Wheeler, Founder & Senior Partner
West Chester, PA

Thanks Elizabeth Guman, Learning and Vision Partners

StudioEEC, Richard Graf, Dawn Mazzone, Founder & President, V.P. of Strategic Development
West Chester, PA
richardstudioeec.com 610-363-5222
dmazzonestudioeec.com

Thanks to Jerrod Modica from T2AP Creative Team, B Lab’s branding gurus☺.

Sungevity, Dan Kennedy, President & CEO
Berkeley, CA

TBL Capital, Mark Finser, Joe Glorfield, Managing Partners
Sausalito, CA

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The Caprock Group, Matthew Weatherly-White, Principal
Boise, ID

The Hub, John New, Bill Decker, Founders
Philadelphia, PA

Thanks Greg Aloia from Abacus Wealth Partners.

TheGreenOffice, Alex Szabo, Founder
San Francisco, CA

Uncommon Goods, David Bolotsky, Founder and CEO
New York, NY

UncommonGoods is an online and catalog retailer of creatively designed, high quality products. We combine the treasures of a specialty boutique, the great finds of a craft show, discoveries from a faraway bazaar, along with some enduring classics.

We have been focused on the issue of sustainability since our founding in 1999. B Corporation appears to have struck an insightful balance between the realities of business and each of the key components of sustainability - including human resources, environment, community, financial, and governance. We want to learn from the questions that are asked and from the practices of other B Corporations in order to continue to improve in these areas.

Untours, Hal Taussig, Brian Taussig-Lux, Founder, President
Media, PA

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Untours is a 30 year old travel business which offers apartment-based independent vacation packages in Europe.

We support the goal of creating a new sector of the economy in which companies like ours are recognized and valued for our emphasis on the triple bottom line.

Thanks Ben Bingham from Benchmark Asset Managers.

Village Books, Chuck Robinson, Owner
Bellingham, WA

Village Books is a nationally-renowned, locally owned, independently operated bookstore in Bellingham, Washington that was founded by Chuck and Dee Robinson in June of 1980.

We became a founding B Corporation because we hope to learn much more about how we might accomplish our mission. We believe that the discipline of the process we be extremely useful for us and that the best practices that member organizations share will be invaluable.

Thanks Michelle Long from Sustainable Connections (BALLE’s Bellingham chapter).

Watershed Capital, Michael Whelchel, Founder & Partner
Lookout Mountain, TN

White Dog Café, Judy Wicks, Owner
Philadelphia, PA

White Dog Cafe is a restaurant which features ingredients purchased from local farms, and events which educate our clientele and staff. We also operate a gift store, Black Cat, which features local and fair trade products and books.

White Dog values have been around for 25 years. B Corporation helps ensure that those values will be around for the next 25 years.

Thanks to Hal Taussig from Untours.

Workplace Dynamics, Doug Claffey, Partner
Exton, PA

Workplace Dynamics specializes in mining people data, building tailored software packages, and delivering people metrics in order for their clients to retain and motivate their employees. Employee-focused and 100% employee-owned, Workplace Dynamics works with FTSE100 companies, Fortune 500 companies, partnerships, multi-nationals, private equity as well as smaller private companies.

Workplace Dynamics initially wasn’t interested in becoming a B Corporation because it seemed too much a distraction for a new company, but in going through the Survey we realized that each element of it represented a vision of our philosophy and made it worthwhile to incorporate B principles into the very beginning of our own business. We chose to do something that wasn’t about creating wealth-we decided it isn’t about the money, it’s about creating something with a more valuable impact.

WorkSavvy, Will Keyser, Managing Director
Newfane, VT

WorkSavvy helps entrepreneurs start businesses and develop them during the early stages.

WorkSavvy became a B Corporation out of a dedication to the purpose of the B Corporation and a desire to promulgate its message.

World Leadership School, Ross Wehner, Executive Director
Denver, CO

The World Leadership School partners with schools to develop service learning and leadership programs in Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize and the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe. On a World Leadership School trip, students study a single global issue like climate change or poverty. They advance from understanding to action by doing volunteer work alongside inspiring community leaders. By the end of a trip, we want students to understand the issue, feel like they can do something about it, and be on the path towards articulating their own leadership style and vision. Over the long term students and schools continue their relationships with their partner communities through student-directed development plans, distance learning sessions, and student exchange programs.

If the problems are advancing at for-profit speed, so must the solutions! We must get market forces behind the solutions and, most importantly, ensure that corporate mandates are probably aligned with those of the globe. We fully support B Corp’s mission of a sustainable, market-driven future.