B Impact Report

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U-Konserve

Reusable solutions for a zero-waste lifestyle.
Certified Since: September, 2015
Location: Sausalito, California, United States
Sector: Wholesale/Retail

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

83.7

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

ukonserve.com

U-Konserve launched in 2008 to offer reusable solutions to reduce single-use waste. The company was started by two moms who became increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of the lunchtime waste at their schools. It was important to them to create sustainably designed food-storage products to reduce the single-use baggies, packaged foods and juice boxes that were responsible for most of the trash.

Now, plastic pollution is in the headlines daily, and single-use bans are catching on worldwide. Awareness is growing, habits are changing, and customers are looking for ways to live more sustainably. A growing U-Konserve team stays true to the mission to reduce waste, inspire stewardship, and operate a healthy business with integrity and responsibility.

U-Konserve offers a complete line of reusable food-storage solutions including stainless steel containers, straws, tumblers and food wraps for lunches, work, bulk shopping, travel, picnics, takeout, family leftovers and more.

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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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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.