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It has now been over a year since B Lab launched the biggest update to the B Corp certification since it began in 2006. While in April 2025 the focus was on what has changed, the question for companies today is what does this mean for us now? The B Corp new standards have tougher requirements, mandatory impact areas and greater scrutiny on climate action. Participating companies can no longer afford to view sustainability as a standalone initiative. For companies thinking

Pledge 1% are a global movement for corporate impact. They provide a simple, flexible framework for setting aside a percentage of staff time, product, profit, and/or equity for social impact that allows companies of all sizes and stages to have impact. Since their inception in 2014, over 19,000 companies including the likes of airbnb, Pinterest and Canva have taken the pledge, spanning 130 countries, and igniting three billion dollars through equity. At Rawstone, giving b

In April 2026 the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) made one of their most significant changes to near-term SBTi targets by adjusting the actual reduction rates that companies need to meet. This change has largely gone under the radar as it came about from a ‘non-substantive’ revision to the SBTi Corporate Near-Term Criteria (version 5.3.1). While the criteria didn’t change – scope 1 and 2 targets still need to be, “consistent with the level of decarbonization required t