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Benefit Corporation

The Case and Process for Adopting Benefit Governance as a Requirement for B Corp Certification

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Purpose & Stakeholder Governance

The Purpose and Stakeholder Governance (PSG) Impact Topic guides companies to embed a social or environmental purpose and stakeholder-centric approach at the core of their governance and operations. Get an overview of the Impact Topic in this B Lab Global article.

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Purpose & Stakeholder Governance

Purpose & Stakeholder Governance sets the stage for B Corps to serve all stakeholders. The new standards strengthen accountability and governance, defining what responsible business leadership looks like today. Learn more from B Lab Global's Brigitta Nemes.

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Purpose & Stakeholder Governance

The Legal Requirement and the PSG1 requirement mutually support each other. Where the company has established a specific purpose statement in its corporate charter or other organizational document to fulfill the Legal Requirement, and this purpose statement meets the compliance criteria of PSG1, the company will comply with the PSG1 requirement with one and the same purpose statement.

Impact Topics

Purpose & Stakeholder Governance

This site is created and maintained by the Purpose Trust Ownership Network, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the growth of purpose trust ownership and employee ownership trusts in the United States.

Impact Topics

Purpose & Stakeholder Governance

This guide provides examples and resources to help companies meet the Purpose & Stakeholder Governance Impact Topic.