Certified B Corporations tackling unexpected business challenges can find some footing in a steady focus on all stakeholders — employees, community, and environment — and this additional accountability can serve as a model for systemic change.
As the global pandemic affects B Corps and other businesses—some dealing with shutdowns, others facing new demands—maintaining this collective view for people and planet will help prepare all of us for the new realities of everyday life. Learn more about B Corps rooted in a stakeholder approach on our B The Change Weekly Friday newsletter, and on our B Corporation Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram channels.
Here’s a look at all the good stuff we shared last week:
What the World Could Learn from B Corps in the Age of COVID-19: Amid Larger Challenges, Small Mindset Shifts Could Create Lasting Change
Lending a (Clean) Hand During the COVID-19 Crisis: B Corp Dr. Bronner’s Maintains Strong Focus on Employees, Customers and Environment Amid Market Demands
Lessons from a Crisis: The Challenges of Changing Habits and Collective Behavior: How the Current Pandemic Reveals a Need for Systemic Change
Building Pathways to Capital Through Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Vanessa Roanhorse Creates Change Through Character-Based Lending Program and Community-Led Projects
How a Focus on People + Planet Prepares B Corps for New Realities: B The Change Weekly
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