B Corporation
Certifies entire companies on social, environmental and governance performance.
What it is
B Corp Certification, issued by the non-profit B Lab, evaluates a whole company (not a product) on five impact areas: governance, workers, community, environment and customers. A company must score at least 80 out of 200 on the B Impact Assessment and amend its legal governance to consider all stakeholders.
How it's verified
Companies complete the 200+ question B Impact Assessment, submit supporting documentation, and undergo verification calls and randomised on-site audits. Recertification is required every three years against an updated standard.
What to look for
The B Corp checkmark logo on packaging or the company website. Verify the live status at bcorporation.net — certification expires every three years.
Watch out for
B Corp covers the parent company, so a B Corp-owned brand may not itself be certified. Acquisitions by non-B Corp conglomerates have historically triggered loss of certification.
What it doesn't cover
B Corp is a company-level certification — individual products may not carry product-specific certifications (organic, fair trade, vegan). Some B Corps still produce environmentally significant products; the certification rewards relative improvement and policy, not zero impact.
Top B Corp-certified products
The highest-scoring products in our database that carry B Corp certification.
An industry gold standard for ethical home care, this ultra-concentrated soap uses organic oils and fair-trade ingredients to replace dozens of single-use cleaners.
A versatile, deeply moisturizing gift set staple made with fair trade oils, perfect for soothing parched winter skin or new tattoos.
The world's most sustainable smartphone featuring a modular design for DIY repairs and fair-mined materials.
A highly versatile, fair-trade soap that is gentle enough for pets, formulated with moisturizing organic sugar and essential oils for a soothing bath experience.
The gold standard of ethical gifting: a versatile, organic, and fair-trade soap set that supports regenerative farming and fair wages.
The gold standard of ethical gifting, featuring multi-use soaps made from organic, fair-trade oils in 100% recycled packaging.
The Fairphone XL is the ultimate sustainable over-ear headphone for eco-conscious music lovers who demand a modular, repairable design. Featuring Fairtrade Gold integration and recycled plastics, these headphones are built to be disassembled and repaired by the user, setting a new standard for circular electronics in 2026.
The gold standard of ethical soaps, this concentrated formula uses organic oils and fair-trade ingredients in 100% post-consumer recycled packaging.
A delicious peppermint tea sourced from fair trade cooperatives that supports respiratory health and ethical farming.
Frequently asked
How hard is it to become a B Corp?+
The median qualifying score is 80/200 — comfortably below 50%. Most companies need 6–18 months of operational changes to qualify. Recertification often forces deeper improvements as the standard tightens.
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What B Corporation certification actually guarantees
B Corporation is only meaningful within its defined scope. Certifications cover a specific product, factory or supply-chain stage — almost never an entire company — so the correct question is never "is this brand B Corporation?" but "is this item, in this line, currently covered?"
Certification also has a shelf life. Certificates are issued for a fixed period and renewed against audits. A brand that once qualified may not be covered today, which is why we check registry entries and dates rather than relying on logos reproduced on marketing pages.
Finally, a certification is a floor, not a ceiling. It rules out the worst practices in the dimensions it measures and stays silent on everything else — durability, repairability, shipping distance and labour conditions outside the audited stage all sit outside most schemes.
Reading a certification claim
| Check | Weak signal | Strong signal |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Logo used site-wide | Named product or line |
| Identifier | No number quoted | Licence or certificate number given |
| Currency | Undated claim | Valid-until date published |
| Verification | Brand's own word | Entry in the scheme's public register |
Before trusting a B Corporation badge
- Match badge to itemCertified flagship products often sit beside uncertified basics.
- Check the levelMany schemes have tiers; the top tier is rarer than the badge suggests.
- Look for the auditorAccredited third-party bodies, not consultants paid by the brand.
- Pair with a second signalOne certification plus published testing beats two logos.