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12 Week B Corp Programme
English / German
As an active B Leader since 2020 in regular contact with with the B Lab Germany, UK and Europe teams, Higher Order Strategy supports an ever growing number of companies use the freely accessible B Impact Assessment (BIA) to analyse and structure their sustainability strategy in a systematic way.
Collectively, supporters of the movement follow a mission to make business a force for good.
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Choose from 2 approaches to establish a BIA baseline
1-to-1 Tailored Support
Every company is different. The track, approach and answers given in the BIA will reflect this, therefore many companies seek 1-to-1 advice. With this approach you will gain tailored mentoring, explanations and workshops to lead your team through the BIA. Clients report that the process itself becomes a valuable team learning journey.
- Meeting participation time required: 18 hours over 12 weeks
- 15 team sessions lasting between 1-2 hours
- Tailored project management support
- Flexible meeting & personalised workshop schedule
- Participation for multiple number of team members
- Personalised continous improvement roadmap on completion
Cohort Learning
These group sessions (typically between 6-10 companies) are offered to make the B Corp community more accessible to those new to the movement or with limited resources. It gives a quick and collaborative introduction and helps companies understand the BIA and wider ethos in enough depth to establish a workable project plan for submission.
- Meeting participation time required: 11 hours over 12 weeks
- 9 group sessions of 1 hour + 2 individual calls
- Set group meeting schedule
- Group learning & knowledge exchange opportunities
- Peer accountability and networking
- Participation for 1 person
* We will do a short scoping exercise to establish the size and complexity of your business before starting the programme. For companies over a certain size or with a structural complexity monthly charges may differ.
How it works
This table gives an overview of what can be expected at each phase.
Please note, the descriptions are based on the cohort group programme. Companies opting for the 1-to-1 programme will have a higher level of support in particular areas, e.g. IBMs being defined specifically in phase #2 and a detailed road map of improvements being formed and delivered to them in phase#3.
Phase #1 - BIA Baseline
Phase #2 - Impact Business Models
Phase #3 - Team Momentum
Phase #4 - Roadmap of improvement
Phase #5 - Round-up
Phase #1 - BIA Baseline
- Introduction to B Corp Movement
- Set up of individual B Impact Assessment
- Sessions to estalish baseline score of operational questions
- Ongoing Q&A of Governance, Worker, Community, Environment and Customer pillars
Phase #2 - Impact Business Models
- Mentoring on obligatory ‘Mission Lock’ articles change (required by all certifying companies)
- Overview of Business Impact Models (IBMs)
- Working examples of common IBMs
- Sense check of IBMs that may be relevant for your specific business
Phase #3 - Team Momentum
- Best practice examples and suggestions of how to form and manage your own B Corp Project Team
- Sharing of tried and tested team initiatives
- Accountability support for establishing and meeting project timelines
Phase #4 - Roadmap of improvement
- Mentoring on continuous improvement approach required of B Corps
- Coaching for the creation of your own company specific roadmap
- Short – Mid – Long term improvement plan
Phase #5 - Round-up
- Summary ‘B Corp Readiness Report’ to facilitate management decision making
- Suggested next steps and project wrap-up
Already further on your B Corp Journey?
The 12 week programme above is for companies at the first step of joining the B Corp movement.
If your company is looking for project management support and B Corp expertise for the more developed stages we will happily help with these too.
Improvements Phase
Submission & Certification
Establish Baseline
Re-Certification
If you would like support send a short message below stating which approach you are interested in and we will arrange a time for an introductory call to give more details.
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