B Impact Report

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Baobab Express SA

National public transportation network.
Certified Since: October, 2019
Location: Parakou, Parakou, Benin
Sector: Service with Significant Environmental Footprint

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

83.6

The B Impact Scores are being compared against all businesses that have completed the B Impact Assessment

www.africandrive.be

They are the transport company that reinvented mobility in Benin by providing safe and reliable transportation services in an ecosystem where mobility is a matter of luck. Through their leadership they want to show that there is another way to do business, by being inclusive and sustainable in everything they do. Their special focus is on isolated and underserved communities.

They take pride in their amazing local team of over 250 people. In less than 6 years they have managed to grow and become the largest bus company in Benin. While entrepreneurship is underdeveloped in risk averse cultures, they showed that it can be an opportunity for growth.

In 2013 they began by servicing a few lines, and now they are the largest bus company and the only one with national coverage.

They choose to not only serve lines with the most profit potential, but also to ensure that there are lines connecting communities where these services are scarce. And this has become their competitive advantage: they have learned to run efficient and profitable service on lines that are economically less attractive by embedding them in an effective national network.

To do so, Baobab operates a fleet of 24 comfortable buses, connecting all destinations across Benin.

Bouger et gagner ensemble, c’est bon !

Additional Documentationinfo_outline

file_downloadBaobab Express Disclosure Report 2019

Impact Area Scoresinfo_outline

info_outlineOverall B Impact Score

To certify as a B Corp, a company must achieve a minimum verified score of 80 points on the B Impact Assessment. The B Impact Assessment asks questions about how the day-to-day operations of a company create positive impact for the company’s workers, community, and environment. Additionally, companies can earn further points if their overall business model can be shown to create positive social and environmental impact as well, qualifying the company for specific Impact Business Model points.

Scores for Certified B Corporations are verified by the non-profit B Lab.

info_outlineImpact Area Scores

The questions in the B Impact Assessment are organized into five Impact Areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers. Click into a Impact Area to see topics covered in each. Topics in blue are Impact Business Models associated with that Impact Area where the company has earned additional credit. Due to rounding, displayed totals may not add up exactly.

The B Impact Assessment is customized to a company's size, sector, and geographic market.  However, within those parameters, there are still questions included in the B Impact Assessment that might not be relevant to a particular company. In cases where a question is not applicable, the potential points available for that question are instead earned based on the performance of the company on the other topics relevant to the stakeholder and summed up as "N/A points." Likewise, a score of N/A for Workers means that the company is a sole proprietor or partnership with no full-time staff, and a score of 0 or N/A for Customers means that the company does not have a specific Customer-focused Impact Business Model.

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