Roxanne Joyal, ME to WE
As CEO and co-founder of ME to WE, Roxanne is at the helm of a leading B-Corp social enterprise that supports the sustainable development projects of its charitable partner, WE Charity.
How the B Corp Community Is Learning from History and Advancing Anti-Racism Work
To Tackle Racism and Drive Change, We Must Lean Into Discomfort(Photo by Alex Paganelli on Unsplash)At a tumultuous time for businesses in the U.S. and Canada, the Certified B Corporation community in North America gathered virtually for its annual loo...
How Businesses Can Advance Impactful Change
B The Change Weekly: July 2, 2020(Image from Rawpixel)Delivered 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 ...
Danone Sees Long-Term Value of Becoming a Global Benefit Corporation
How a New French Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic Reinforced Its Stakeholder-Minded BusinessDanone recently became the first large public Entreprise à Mission company, committing to serving all of its stakeholders. (Photo courtesy of Danone)With momentum ...
4 Ways We Can Fix America’s GDP Obsession
COVID-19 Reveals How U.S. Systems Are Fundamentally Broken(Unsplash photo)For the past 50 years, the widely accepted goal for a business has been dominated by the theory of shareholder primacy — the concept, famously espoused by Milton Friedman, holdin...
B The Change Week in Review
Juneteenth serves as a day to honor Black freedom—and as a reminder of the inequalities that remain in the United States. During the rising racial justice movement, B The Change shares anti-racism resources and articles in our B The Change Weekly Frida...
Why Many Purpose-Driven Businesses Are Faring Better During COVID-19
How Stakeholder Connections Can Strengthen Worker and Customer Commitments and Company PerformanceContinue reading on B The Change »
Turning to History to Inform Anti-Racism Work
B The Change Weekly: June 19, 2020(Photo by Forest Simon on Unsplash)Delivered 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 ...
A Call to Action for the B Corp, Conscious Capitalism and Social Impact Community
It’s Time to Commit to the Work for Racial Justice—and Here Is Future State’s Plan for ChangeFuture State is a woman-owned, 100% ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), Certified B Corporation and has been in business for nearly 40 years. Our organizatio...
Racial Injustice Educational Resources
As the world reckons with racial injustice, the WPO encourages members as business leaders to focus on how entrepreneurs can acknowledge the toxicity of racism – recognize and address it within ourselves, in colleagues and employees, friends and family. Please take the time to consult the resources below, to talk, read, learn, listen, support, and … Continue reading Racial Injustice Educational Resources
5 Things Your Business Can Do Now to Fight Racism — and Keep the Fight Going
5 Things Your Business Can Do Now to Fight Racism — and Keep the Fight GoingBusiness Resources to Take Immediate Action and Commit to Ongoing Structural Work to Dismantle White Supremacy(Photo by Duncan Shaffer on Unsplash)“We recognize that it is not ...
Reviving The Grocery Trade In America’s Food Deserts
Entrepreneur Katie Plohocky uses a variety of retail strategies, such as micro stores and mobile shops, plus a wholesale distribution system, to reinvent and reintroduce the neighborhood grocer.
Reviving The Grocery Trade In America’s Food Deserts
Ashoka Fellow Katie Plohocky started Healthy Community Store Initiative in Tulsa, OK. Healthy Community Store Initiative More than 23 million Americans live in places where good food is relatively scarce and expensive.