B the Change Weekly: July 5, 2019Delivered on Fridays, B the Change Weekly delivers the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B the Change team alongside...
B Corps Like Gaia Herbs Look to Transform the Industry to Be Transparent and RegenerativeOn its 350-acre plot in western North Carolina, Gaia Herbs grows 6.5 million plants each year that include more than 25 species of medicinal herbs, as well as frui...
Waking Up to the Global Climate Emergency—and Taking ActionB Lab UK Shares a Playbook to Help Businesses Around the World Craft Climate Change SolutionsThis blog was written by Charmian Love, co-founder and board member of B Lab UK, and Chris Turner, e...
By Richard A. Devine & Siri Terjesen, The Conversation Only a handful of the top companies in the U.S. are led by a woman. Efforts to change that and promote more women into positions of leadership have relied primarily on questions of equality. But is there also a business case for putting more women in charge? Read … Continue reading Women Entrepreneurs Thrive Managing Talented Teams and Balancing Many Investors
Few business practices are as universally unpopular as the dreaded annual review. It’s an anxiety-ridden experience on both sides, and the pressure it puts on leaders and team members can undercut the effectiveness of the conversation. Often, empl...
B the Change Weekly: June 28, 2019Delivered on Fridays, B the Change Weekly delivers the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B the Change team alongsid...
Envisioning Change Helps Businesses Shift to Climate Change SolutionsAny sustainability consultant worth their salt will have thought at some point, “Am I just perpetuating the system I say I want to change?” Many of us will suffer that self-doubt regu...
B Corp Badger Pursues Long-Term Social and Environmental Action Plan That Aligns with Sustainable Development GoalsRebecca Hamilton, collaborative executive officer at Badger, puts SDG 13, which focuses on the climate crisis, at the top of her list.The...
How Rise Became a Sustainable Leader in Home Improvement(Photo credit: Rise)Our company’s story is still a young one and is ever-changing as we continue to grow, but one thing we knew early on with absolute certainty was that our startup would need to ...
Climate Crisis Reinforces Importance of Business Model That Incorporates Social and Environmental Concerns(Photo by Paulo Carrolo on Unsplash)By Julio César AparicioDuring the 20th century, as a continuation of the industrial revolution, the capacity t...
Tim Frick, Sustainable Agency CEO and Published Author, Discusses What It Takes to Make It While Making a Differencehttps://medium.com/media/0cf2734c47f85fb7bc01fd60324e6f23/hrefTim Frick is the CEO of Mightybytes, a Certified B Corporation digital age...
Ben & Jerry’s Employees Put Leadership Development Training Into Practice to Achieve Measurable ResultsSince its start in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, Ben & Jerry’s has grown into a global business with a more than 55...
By Michael Schulman, The New Yorker Much of consequence happened in 1969, which means that this year is chockablock with golden anniversaries: the moon landing, Stonewall, the Manson murders. But do not neglect the fact that 2019 also marks a half century of Jazzercise. The leaders of Jazzercise, Inc., know what you’re thinking. “When you hear … Continue reading Born Before the Fitness Industry, Jazzercise Turns Fifty
Scott Moore y Medina Incorporates Identity and History into Projectshttps://medium.com/media/5cfc426fba6682b5ccd1cfce86f5bb49/hrefScott Moore y Medina is an architect, community builder and co-founder of Blue Star Integrative Studio, an Indigenous Amer...
By Kimberly Zhang, Entrepreneur What better way to shatter a glass ceiling than by leaving the atmosphere altogether? The first all-woman spacewalk this March is a testament to just how far we’ve come. Down on Earth, though, we still have a long way to go. Barriers to progress remain frustratingly solid. Governments and businesses continue to introduce … Continue reading To See More Women in Leadership Roles, Here’s What Needs to Happen