Philadelphia-based B Lab, which is spreading the benefit corporation gospel by certifying companies as socially and environmentally responsible, is gaining momentum in Texas, reports CultureMap.
Hardik Savalia, who works at a non-profit that was founded to address this dichotomy, tells CultureMap "the infrastructure is preventing these companies from succeeding. Fundamentally, as a business owner, your one duty is to maximize shareholder value. It makes it difficult to move on, sell your shares and maintain the social characteristics."
So nearly four years ago, his company, B Lab, was founded. B Lab is a non-profit that rates companies on 180 factors of do-gooded-ness, from transparency to employee benefits to sustainability, and expands their legal obligations (with the help of three global law firms) to include stakeholders. Significantly, its three founders did not have non-profit backgrounds.
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