StartUp Westport Forum: Sustainable Success: Start-up and Investor Perspectives on B Corp and Public Benefit Corporations

Join StartUp Westport for a forum on impact-driven leadership. Moderated by Jenifer Gorin, founder of Westport-based Impact Growth Partners, this event will feature Connecticut-based companies discuss how they run successful businesses from a stakeholder-driven perspective as well as the value of B Corp Certification and Benefit Corporation status for start-ups and attracting investors.

B Corp Certification is the leading Social and Environmental impact measurement and management framework for business.  More than 8,100 Certified B Corps from 95 countries in 161 industries work together toward one unifying goal: to redefine success in business.  Companies of all sizes, from start-ups to multinationals, can achieve B Corp Certification.  Here in Connecticut, the community of B Corps includes Athletic Brewing, Earth Animal, Bigelow Tea, Aloha, Saffron Road Foods CE Floyd and Westport based Grounded World, Westport Family Dental, Kane Footwear and FoundHer.

The program will include conversations with B Corp leaders who will share their experiences growing impact driven businesses and how certification impacts employee retention, market positioning and fundraising.