B Corp
B Corporation certification (administered by B Lab) for for-profit companies meeting verified standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency — cited in the wizard post as evidence that returns and stakeholder welfare can align.
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B Corp
Overview
A B Corporation (“B Corp”) is a for-profit company certified by the nonprofit B Lab as meeting verified standards of social and environmental performance, public accountability, and transparency. In the wizard post B Corp certification is Exhibit A in the argument that “‘shareholder value plus ethics’” is not a contradiction — a working, real-world instance of stakeholder capitalism. It is linked in the post’s FAQ as B Corp certification.
Key Facts
- What it certifies: verified social/environmental performance plus legal accountability to stakeholders beyond shareholders.
- Why the post cites it: as evidence — together with the Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism (EPIC) — that “long-horizon shareholder returns are positively correlated with stakeholder welfare,” and that the apparent contradiction “only appears under quarterly-earnings tunnel vision.”
- Positioning: a concrete framework a company can actually adopt, as opposed to an abstract ideal.
Connections
- Stakeholder Capitalism — the philosophy B Corp certification institutionalizes.
- ESG Investing — B Corp is one signal in the broader ESG landscape.
Sources
- Wizard Topples Capitalist Dominance Ingeniously — the “shareholder value plus ethics” FAQ.