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)