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B Corporation Benefit Corporations Corporate Governance

Woodruff Sawyer

Balancing Profit and Purpose: The Rise of Public Benefit Corporations and Their D&O Risks

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The organization known as B Lab certifies B Corporations. To obtain this certification, companies have to meet strict social and environmental standards, including annual reporting. This certification signals to consumers...more

Allen Matkins

Articles Of Incorporation Doom Representational Standing

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The Short Term Rental Alliance of San Diego is an advocacy and education organization whose members include landlords and hosts with at least one single-family short-term rental property located in the “San Diego Coastal...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The ABCs of PBCs: How This Relatively New Corporate Form Mandates a Broader View of Business

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Socially beneficial causes now play a large role in consumers’ and employees’ decision-making. A recent survey from 2021 shows that 44% of millennials and 49% of Gen Zers reported making choices about the type of work they...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Converting to a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation: Lessons from Experience

The past two years have seen a dramatic shift in practice relating to the Delaware public benefit corporation (the PBC)—a corporate form that requires the board of directors to balance stockholders' monetary interests, the...more

Vicente LLP

[Webinar] Impact and ESG in the Cannabis Industry

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From investors and government officials to prospective employees and shareholders, the rapidly increasing focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices is changing how businesses approach sustainability,...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Early Advocates of Organic Food Products, Amy’s Kitchen Believes in the Benefits of a Fully Regenerative Ecosystem and Aims to...

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In this episode, host Jonathan Havens, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with Paul Schiefer, senior director of sustainability at Amy’s Kitchen, which started in a...more

Bennett Jones LLP

British Columbia Introduces Benefit Companies

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On June 30, 2020, British Columbia became the first Canadian jurisdiction to allow for the establishment of "benefit companies" by introducing amendments to the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia)....more

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Save the World, Reduce Your Cost of Capital: How Danone is Turning ESG Impact into Lower Borrowing Costs

The world is changing! Over the last several years, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria have been an emerging focus in the investing world, primarily driven by equity investors where it can be harder for a...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: So You Want to Be a “B Corp.” — What Does That Mean?

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Many of our clients approach us with some variation of “We want to be a B Corp.” What does that mean exactly? The term “B Corp” is often used interchangeably to refer to both benefit corporations and Certified B Corporations,...more

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