Giv Local is B-Certified!
Giv Local is proud to announce its official status as a Certified B Corporation!
What is a B Corporation?
Certified B Corporations are businesses that have been evaluated and verified to meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance purpose and profit. Today, people care more than ever about the positive impact of the brands they consume. B Corps work to accelerate the culture shift in which the power of business is used to tackle society’s greatest challenges, from climate change to anti-racism to equity for all. Together, the B Corp community is dedicated to using business as a force for good.
What does it mean to be certified?
The certification for a pending B Corp does not just evaluate a specific product or service of your business but instead assesses the positive impact of a company’s day-to-day operation. The B Impact Assessment is the only certification that measures a business’s entire social and environmental performance – from supply chain to input materials to charitable giving to employee benefits. Giv Local has farr exceeded the minimum verified score on the B Impact Assessment – a rigorous system of evaluating a company’s impact on its workers, customers, community, and the environment – while also committing to the transparency of operation.
Certification also includes committing to the B Corp Declaration of Interdependence, where companies pledge to believe:
• That we must be the change we seek in the world
• That all business ought to be conducted as if people and place matter
• That, through their products, practices, and profits, businesses should aspire to do no harm and benefit all
• To do so requires that we act with the understanding that we are each dependent upon another and thus responsible for each other and future generations
What does this mean for Giv Local?
Giv Local’s mission is to interrupt the flow of processing fees and redirect those funds to local nonprofits. As a force devoted to helping one’s neighbors, rather than letting traditional processing fees land directly in the pockets of big corporations, it should come as no surprise that our values directly reflect those of a B Corp. Our certification as a B Corp is a step to further our commitment to working purposefully and sparking positive change in our communities. We stand amongst nearly 3,500 other companies spanning 150 industries and 74 countries, all with one unifying goal to use business as a force for good.
