Analysis of Builders Zone as a Certified B Corporation Report

This report analyzes Builders Zone, a company in the building and construction industry, as a Certified B Corporation. It explores the concept of B Corporations, which aim to balance profits with social and environmental impact. The report examines the company's performance across four key categories: environmental sustainability initiatives, planning and direct giving, ethical business practices, and economic responsibility. The B impact assessment and measurement performance are discussed, highlighting the company's strengths and areas for improvement. The analysis includes a review of the B impact score, which indicates the company's overall commitment to social and environmental responsibility. The report references several academic sources to support its findings, providing a comprehensive overview of Builders Zone's B Corporation status and its impact on the community and the environment.

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Certified B corporations
The name of the company is Builders Zone architecture. It is in the building and conctruction
industry. A certified B Corporations is a kind of business that is supposed to balance profits
and purposes. The company is legally required to consider its operational impact on the
suppliers, customers, community, workers and the general environment. It is a community of
leaders that are driving a movement globally using business as a force. In architecture, impact
assessment is the measure and management of environmental and social impact using a
conditioned tool. The B impact assessment encompasses environmental and social
responsibility (Gehman, & Grimes, 2017).
For Builders Zone architects company, there are four categories of social and environmental
impact assessment. They include;
1. Environmental sustainability initiatives
2. Planning and direct giving or philanthropy
3. Ethical business practices and
4. Focus on economic responsibility.
Within the four categories, there are various issues that B impact assessment and
measurement performance.
In environmental sustainability initiative, the company issues include the wide coverage of
environmental sustainability measures. Sometimes the amount of money budgeted for
environmental sustainability is quite small for the company (Grimes, Gehman, & Cao, 2018).
Planning and direct giving or philanthropy requires a company that has a lot of support from
the management and has stable cash flow in revenues. Charitable organizations and donations
of time and money resources are required (Rawhouser, Cummings, & Newbert, 2019).

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Ethical business practices requires fair treatment of employees and labor practices. Ethical
business practices also require suppliers to provide products that have been certified.
Focus on economic responsibility facilitates a long term growth for business and the
economic growth of employees.
B impact score for the company is 165 which is outstanding. The score card is from 0- 200 in
which most of the peers in the industry are at score 140 (Sharma, Beveridge, & Haigh, 2018).
The cartegories in which the company scored the highest are environmental impact assessmet
and focus on economic responsibility. This is because the company sets aside 7% of its
revenues on these items.

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References
Gehman, J., & Grimes, M. (2017). Hidden badge of honor: how contextual distinctiveness
affects category promotion among certified B corporations. Academy of Management
Journal, 60(6), 2294-2320.
Grimes, M. G., Gehman, J., & Cao, K. (2018). Positively deviant: Identity work through B
Corporation certification. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(2), 130-148.
Rawhouser, H., Cummings, M., & Newbert, S. L. (2019). Social impact measurement:
Current approaches and future directions for social entrepreneurship
research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(1), 82-115.
Sharma, G., Beveridge, A. J., & Haigh, N. (2018). A configural framework of practice
change for B corporations. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(2), 207-224.