B Impact Report

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Coffee By Design

Roast, brew & serve high-quality/specialty coffees from coffee growing regions.
Certified Since: July, 2016
Location: Portland, Maine, United States
Sector: Manufacturing

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

85.6

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

www.coffeebydesign.com

Coffee By Design, a Maine owned and operated coffee company since 1994, is dedicated to changing the world, one cup of coffee at a time by providing customers with sustainably sourced, traceable coffee. In addition to serving some of the world’s finest coffee, Coffee By Design is committed to running a sustainable business dedicated to the arts, the environment, and the community. Owners Mary Allen Lindemann and Alan Spear and the Company have received numerous awards including Maine SBA Small Business Person of the Year, 2014 and upcoming Maine Manufacturer of the Year, 2016.

Coffee By Design has a state of the art specialty coffee roastery and coffeehouse at One Diamond St, in Portland, Maine along with 5 other retail locations. With over 450 select restaurant, cafes and gourmet stores and online retail sales, their coffee is enjoyed nationwide.

Coffee By Design (CBD) believes that a great cup of coffee can change the world. Their mission is simple: provide the best quality coffee, educate our community about specialty coffee, and use our power as a small business to support our environment and our community – local and worldwide.

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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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info_outlineBest for the World Honoree

Each year, B Lab releases lists honoring the top-performing Certified B Corps in each Impact Area and overall, broken down by size, on the annual Best for the World lists.

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B Lab may determine that a company should make additional material beyond their B Impact Report transparent in order for the public to be able to evaluate the company’s overall impact. This additional transparency may cover participation in a controversial industry, information shared on the company’s Disclosure Questionnaire, or simply a company’s relationship to a larger complex entity. Public companies and wholly-owned subsidiaries are required to make their full B Impact Assessments transparent to achieve B Corp Certification.