What impact do B Corps have?
The impact of B Corps goes beyond a single business’s certification. Together, the B Corp movement drives meaningful change on a global scale. Discover our research into the true impact and credibility of B Corp Certification below.
Our research on the impact of B Corps
Impact reports and whitepapers
What is the ultimate impact of B Corp Certification — on the planet, and on your business? Our Insights Series exists to discover just that. B Lab publishes regular research papers on the real-life, measurable impact of B Corps across multiple areas, from climate impact to financial resilience.
Using this research, we can switch our focus from previous achievements to potential future impact, answering the question: If all businesses acted like B Corps, how far could we shift the dial on some of society’s greatest challenges?
B Lab also publishes annual impact reports on key achievements from our global network, breaking down the year’s key focus, campaigns, and areas of advocacy. Read our annual reports and whitepapers below.
B Lab Research Fellowship
In addition to our own research, B Lab offers a Research Fellowship dedicated to advancing the B Corp movement through research on impact, innovation, and systems change. The fellowship brings together scholars dedicated to exploring the impact of the B Corp movement through evidence, insight, and rigorous inquiry.
Insights Series: B Corp research papers
The Nature of Business (2025)
This whitepaper delves into the climate and environmental practices of B Corps, looking at real-life case studies, and exploring the potential impact on the climate if all businesses behaved like B Corps.
Good Jobs (2025)
What makes a job “good”, and how do B Corps measure up as employers? This whitepaper covers the job quality and employer practices of B Corps, and the long-term effect they can have on workers.
B Corp Brand Awareness Study (2024)
Across the regions surveyed, our research studies show that 1 in 4 consumers have now heard of B Corps. Find out more about the B Corp audience, and how it’s grown since our movement began.
Financial Performance and Resilience of B Corps (2023)
In order to do good, B Corps must also do well. Most studies find that doing the work to become a Certified B Corp is a sound business decision — learn more about how they fare financially here.
“B Corps adopt a much broader range of environmental and climate practices compared to ordinary businesses.”
Insights Series: The Nature of Business (2025)
B Lab impact reports
2025/26: 20th Anniversary Impact Report
This special-edition impact report looks back at 20 years of the B Corp movement, as told by the people who built it, with an interactive timeline of our key achievements to date.
2024 B Lab Global Annual Report
Read B Lab’s 2024 year-in-review, exploring the key collective achievements of our network from the year in shifting the behavior, structure, and culture of capitalism.
2023 B Lab Global Annual Report
Read B Lab’s 2023 year-in-review, exploring the key collective achievements of our network from the year in shifting the behavior, structure, and culture of capitalism.
2022 B Lab Global Annual Report
Read B Lab’s 2022 year-in-review, exploring the key collective achievements of our network from the year in shifting the behavior, structure, and culture of capitalism.
Other reports
B Lab Standards consultation report
As part of a multi-year project to overhaul the B Lab Standards, our second consultation invited B Corps, aspiring B Corps, and other key stakeholders to share their thoughts on our new developments.
“B Corps outperform ordinary businesses in terms of topline growth.”
Insights Series: Financial Performance and Resilience of B Corps (2023)