Total supply chain solutions specialist, Oakland International, has demonstrated its commitment as a business to benefit people, communities, and the planet, by taking the first step in the B Corp certification process and joining this fast-growing movement of using business as a force for good.
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab that meet exacting standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability, with B Corp certification one of the most extensive and rigorous business certification processes.
Oakland International Sustainability Manager Vera Bruntink said: “We are all absolutely delighted to have reached this point, and as far as we are aware, Oakland International will be the first temperature-controlled supply chain operator in the UK to achieve certification, having begun the assessment process about a year ago.
“For many businesses trying to attain B Corp certification initial scores tend to be below the 80-point threshold, whereas Oakland’s existing good practices put them immediately over the threshold so we have submitted our application now and will work towards increasing our score further during the evaluation waiting queue, a period which may take up to a year.”
A fast-growing global movement, there are over 5,000 B Corps across eighty-two countries, with over seven hundred here in the UK. The B Corp movement aims to bring about a systemic change of the global economic system, moving from profit driven to a system that takes people and planet into account alongside profit.
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