
Climate change, sustainability, social responsibility and going green are concepts that would seem to
resonate more on the grass-roots level than within big government or big business.
But some smaller companies — and a few larger ones, like Patagonia, New Belgium Brewing and Ben & Jerry’s — have banded together in an attempt change the world under the maxim “business as a force for good.”
They have voluntarily submitted themselves to exhaustive evaluations to earn certification as what is known as a Certified B Corporation, or B Corp for short.