Cleargreen Advisors (CGA), an advisory firm offering a comprehensive set of sustainability services including strategic planning, employee engagement, education, project execution, measurement and reporting, and outsourced sustainability management, announced today that it has received certification as a B Corporation by B Lab. Certified B Corps are a new type of corporation that meet higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability and are dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.
Unlike traditional corporations, Certified B Corps are required to consider the impact of their decisions on their employees, suppliers, community, consumers, and environment. As a Certified B Corp, CGA has met a rigorous set of comprehensive standards for social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability to a broad set of stakeholders. CGA works in a collaborative advisory capacity with its clients and seeks to advocate the B Corp values through project engagements and client relationships.
Cleargreen Advisors was founded by Catherine Greener and Marc Major with the vision of providing support to companies pursuing their sustainability journeys while being driven by the strong sustainable values of its employees. Catherine Greener, CEO, emphasized, “we believe in a new kind of business that is creating a better future–a sustainable future. B Corp is not only a certification, but a demonstration of a new way of doing business.”
About Cleargreen Advisors
CGA offers collaborative outsourced sustainability management services including strategic planning, project execution, and measurement and reporting. We understand that transparency, accountability, and pressure on firms to become more sustainable in their operations are not passing fads but growing trends as retailers demand more sustainable supply chains, and consumers and stakeholders seek greater accountability. CGA prepares clients for this future in a way that fits with their business realities.
About B Corp
Certified B Corporations 1) meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance; 2) legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of stakeholder interests; and 3) build collective voice through the power of the unifying B Corporation brand. As of January 2012, there were over 515 Certified B Corporations from over 50 industries, representing a diverse multi-billion dollar marketplace.
About B Lab
B Lab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between “good companies” and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab’s GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.
