Becoming a Better B Corp: How Employee Ownership Models Can Help You

“Employee ownership and B Corps have a long and celebrated history of interaction. Many of the most celebrated employee-owned companies, from food and ingredient manufacturer King Arthur Baking to fashion house Eileen Fisher to home healthcare Cooperative Home Care Associates, are also proud B Corps, demonstrating that a commitment to more ethical and sustainable business practices can be reflected in the ownership structure itself.”

Guide

Becoming a Better B Corp is a primer and overview on ESOPs, worker cooperatives, and EOTs and how B Corps can leverage these models. This booklet explores how each model works and provides a table exploring the ways each model aligns with B Lab’s 2.1 standards. The booklet also provides two case studies of employee-owned companies and how their ownership structure has made them better B Corps.

By

National Center For Employee Ownership

Topics

Alternative Ownership
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