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New management: Exciting times for B Lab Germany!

August 16, 2024

• Dienstleistungen
• Corporate governance & transparency

Iris Lapinski took up her position as the new Managing Director of B Lab Germany on February 14.

In B-est Company

August 16, 2024

• Dienstleistungen
• Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
• Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit

Our vibrant and committed B Corp community in Germany includes startups, established medium-sized and family-owned businesses, as well as large corporations.

Well prepared for the certification process

August 16, 2024

• Beratung
• Medien & Kommunikation

Are you about to submit your B Impact Assessment? Then congratulations!

Open letter: Calling the economy to account

August 16, 2024

• Umwelt & Nachhaltigkeit
• Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
• Inovation for impact

More than 25 B Corps in Germany have signed an open letter to the economy in which they call on the economy to question the profit-maximizing orientation of the last century and to take responsibility for the effects on all those involved.

ULTRAGLASS - How soulbottles Aims to Transform the Glass Bottle Market

August 16, 2024

• Abfallwirtschaft & Recycling
• Nachhaltiger Konsum und Produktion
• Inovation for impact

An Interview with Katharina Bruns, Impact Manager at soulbottles.

Determining the right track. A guide.

August 16, 2024

• Bildung
• Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit

In this article, we show you what to look out for when selecting the sector as the basis for the right track.

Fairtrade coffee from Berlin

August 16, 2024

• Groß- & Einzelhandel
• Arbeitnehmerrechte & Wohlbefinden

An interview with Coffee Circle CEO Martin Elwert about Community.

B Lab celebrates Germany's "Best for the World"

August 16, 2024

• Medien & Kommunikation
• Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
• Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit

Every year, B Lab recognizes the best performing B Corps as “Best for the Word”. This year, we took the award as an opportunity to gather the B Corp community and celebrate live for the first time since B Lab Germany was founded in 2020.

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Reflection: Janneke's years at B Lab

August 16, 2024

• Dienstleistungen
• Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele

On March 31, Janneke Wagner will end her work as Operations and Community Experience Manager at B Lab Germany. Her role will be taken over by Iris Lapinski and Claudia Brychlec.

How B Corp PNZ Sets New Sustainability Standards in the Chemical Industry

August 16, 2024

• Produktion
• Umwelt & Nachhaltigkeit
• Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit

Best For The World-Interview with Marcel Pietsch-Khalili

The requirements for the articles of association of B Corporations from the perspective of legal expert Dr. Karl von Rumohr

August 16, 2024

• Beratung

The following article is an edited partial transcript of an online webinar with Dr. Karl von Rumohr, lawyer and partner at Dechert LLP. Intermediate titles have been added to the transcript for readability.

Berlin Organics is recertified! Our questions for Klaas Koolman

August 16, 2024

• Umwelt & Nachhaltigkeit
• Nachhaltiger Konsum und Produktion
• Climate change resilience

Berlin Organics has been a certified B Cop since 2017, producing brain food made from 100% organic ingredients, among other things. This year, the Berlin-based company has also been recertified for the first time. We asked founder Klaas Koolman a few questions about the process.

Interview with Business Sustainability Analyst Nicola Tröge on the topic of recertification

August 16, 2024

• Beratung
• Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
• Corporate governance & transparency
• Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit

All certified B Corps are due for recertification in three years at the latest. For many B Corps, this raises the question “How do we best approach the topic, how do we prepare ourselves”? We were therefore very pleased to be able to conduct an interview with Nicola Tröge, a Business Sustainability Analyst at B Lab Europe who supports companies in the recertification process. In this interview, she provides valuable insights into her work and tips on what B Corps can do to prepare themselves in the best possible way.

Sympatex: Collaboration and Innovation in the Circular Economy

August 16, 2024

• Groß- & Einzelhandel
• Umwelt & Nachhaltigkeit
• Nachhaltiger Konsum und Produktion
• Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
• Circular economy

“Our primary strategic focus is on sustainability and this goal is even more important than short-term financial benefits”

Banking of tomorrow: How Tomorrow involves customers in product development

August 16, 2024

• Finanzen
• Inovation for impact

This interview with Elena Stark, Impact Manager at the certified B Corp Tomorrow, was conducted as part of B Lab’s Best for the World award. Further interviews in the same format will follow in the coming weeks.

More than planting trees: How Ecosia anchors its mission sustainably in the company and what role the community plays

August 16, 2024

• Software
• Technologie
• Leben an Land
• Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit

This year, B Lab named Ecosia “Best for the World” in the “Community” category for the sixth time in a row. We ask Génica Schäfgen, Head of Ecosia Germany, 5 questions about this and find out, among other things, what other measures underpin the tree planting efforts and how the B Corp and Purpose movements complement each other.

Appreciation, empowerment and investment - how ABURY takes social projects in the arts and crafts sector to the next level

August 16, 2024

• Bildung
• Kunst & Kultur
• Hochwertige Bildung
• Diversity & inclusion
• Education & knowledge exchange

ABURY was named “Best for the World” in the Community category by B Lab this year. We ask Andrea Bury, CEO ABURY Collection, 5 questions about this and find out, among other things, what measures social projects in the arts and crafts sector can use to generate substantial impact.