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When I started ResultsLab, I knew I wanted to run a business with a double bottom line – verifiable social impact as well as financial sustainability. At the time, I didn’t know what that was called, that there was a larger movement to ‘use business as a force for good’ nor that there was an entity that could certify this.
In the early years of ResultsLab, we were co-officing with a Denver based investment firm and foundation, Gary Community Ventures. In that same office, there was also staff from an organization named B Lab, the nonprofit behind the B Corp™ certification. My office mates told me how businesses that practice a set of standards related to social, environmental, and governance practices can become certified, and they told me about the growing B Corp™ movement - changing our economic system towards one that is more inclusive, equitable and regenerative.
I was inspired, and determined that one day ResultsLab would become a B Corp™. I read through the certifying assessment, and the rigorous requirements to become certified. In those early years, I wondered when we would be established enough to meet these high
standards.
I'm excited to say that day has come. Results Lab is a Certified B Corp™!
As I’ve reflected on our assessment, and the process to become certified, I’m reminded that this is just one step further along an ongoing journey. By no means is it the end. We must constantly be examining our impact and continuously working towards improvement. The B Corp™ certification has served as a tool to not only further this conversation for our
own organization and what we are doing, but also provides an opportunity to reflect and learn from other B Corps™. I’m excited for what we’ve done, and for what we have to learn.
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TOOLS
B Impact Assessment: Free impact measurement tool for any business to use to assess your social and environment impact. This is the first step to becoming B Corp Certified, but the assessment itself is free.
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WATCHING & LISTENING
Forces for Good podcast: “How businesses are helping solve the biggest social and environmental challenges of our time, and offer strategies for transformation and resilience through conversations with industry experts and change-makers from within the B Corp movement and beyond.”
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Data For Impact: ACT™ Model - online course to understand the fundamentals to implement ResultLab’s ACT™ Model – Align, Capture, Transform. Upon completion
participants will be able to design an Impact Strategy, create a solid measurement strategy + plan, and draw insights from data to drive action.
- Impact Collective CoLab
- This is a monthly community of practice with like-minded professionals in the field. It’s a six-month commitment, and you meet with the same mastermind group each month to tackle challenges and drive progress toward strengthening your data practice.
- Register by Jan. 25th to be a part of the upcoming CoLab.
- Session Dates: January 26th | February 16th | March 16th | April 20th | May 18th | June 15th
- Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. MT – Virtual Meetings
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LET'S CONNECT
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ResultsLab is a woman-owned social enterprise that propels organizations, communities, and networks to the next level of impact through quality design and effective use of data. We are
reinventing impact management by providing strategic design and capacity building for data informed decision-making to organizations and networks that exist to drive change for our communities.
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