The Frontier or Virtually

Join the NC State’s Poole College of Management Business Sustainability Collaborative for an info session and a lunch to learn more about the B Corp Clinic. 

Students can either attend in person in RTP or participate virtually to learn more about the timeline, process and companies involved; you can decide afterwards if you’d like to apply to participate on a team.

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What is a B Corp?

B Corps — like Warby Parker, New Belgium Brewing, and Patagonia — are “for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.” For the last three years, the NC State B Corp Clinic, a multi-school collaborative program has helped North Carolina companies achieve B Corp certification by working with teams of graduate and undergraduate students from universities across the state.

B Corp Student Program

Companies are matched with a team of students (intentionally designed to include students from multiple schools and disciplines) to go through the assessment process and identify strategies they can take to improve their B Corp scores. Students gain hands-on consulting experience and the chance to learn about social and environmental impact assessment and sustainable business models.

Fall 2018 B Corp Clinic Kickoff Agenda:

• 12:30-12:45: Grab some lunch (Green Planet Catering)
• 12:45-12:50:  Welcome to the B Corp Clinic Launch
  • Jessica Thomas, Director, NC State Poole College Business Sustainability Collaborative
• 12:50-1: Overview of B Corporations
  • Representative from B Lab
• 1:00-1:10: Overview of the B Corp Clinic
  • Jessica Thomas, Director, NC State Business Sustainability Collaborative
• 1:10-1:40: Company Introductions
  • Robin Kegerise, Managing Partner, Paradox Consulting
  • Rachel Healy, Co-founder, Open Eye Creative
  • Lisbeth Arias, Founder, Descalza
  • Jon Rufty, President, Rufty Homes
  • Shane Keough, CEO, GlobalEcoSolutions
• 1:40-1:50: Questions & Next Steps
• 1:50-2:30: Meet the Fall 2018 B Corp Clinic Companies (networking with company representatives)