Feature: BCorp Assessment Results

KindBuys has launched a new feature that includes companies' BCorp assessment results in the certification lineup in our shop and database.

You'll now see the score for the five subjects BCorp assesses: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers.

For most* companies there are a total of 140 points available. Points are allocated differently depending on the industry of the company. For instance, if you are looking at a software company that has a small environmental footprint, then the Environment category will be given a lower weight, while the other four categories will have a higher weight.

The breakdown across the five categories is as follows:

Governance: 10-15 points

Subcategories: Mission & Engagement - Ethics & Transparency - Mission Lock

This measures the overall operations of a company, including its mission, transparency, social & environmental impact, ethics, and the inclusion of its stakeholders in decision making.

Workers: 40-50 points

Subcategories: Financial Security - Health, Wellness, & Safety - Career Development - Engagement & Satisfaction

This evaluates the how well a company promotes and protects the wellbeing, development, and growth of its employees.

Community: 40-50 points

Subcategories: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion - Economic Impact - Civic Engagement & Giving - Supply Chain Management

This examines how a company sources, hires, and operates within its community. It also recognizes companies with a community-driven mission.

Environment: 20-45 points

Subcategories: Environmental Management - Air & Climate - Water - Land & Life - Toxin Reduction / Remediation

This assesses a company's environmental management practices and impact. It also acknowledges companies with an environmental focus.

Customers: 5 points

Subcategories: Customer Stewardship

This considers how well a company protects its customers through data transparency, privacy, quality, and marketing. It also recognizes companies with a social undertaking.

The minimum qualifying score to become a BCorp is a total of 80 points summed across all of the above metrics, and the average score of all companies that take the assessment is 50.9 points.

In addition to including a company's score in the certification section of a product listing, we also provide a link to their assessment results on the BCorp website.

To see more detailed information on BCorp's scoring metrics, you can view their summary here.

We hope that this data provides more insight and transparency into our product listings.

*Some companies are on different tracks, and are therefore scored differently.