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Follow on Google News | Wendel Rosen Earns B Corporation RecertificationBy: Wendel Rosen To become certified, businesses must meet comprehensive social and environmental performance standards, which are measured via a survey called the B Impact Rating System. In addition, B Corporations must expand corporate responsibility to include the interests of all stakeholders – employees, the community, the environment – rather than shareholders alone. An independent Standards Advisory Council oversees the certification ratings and audit requirements. Today, there are more than 750 Certified B Corporations, spanning 60 industries and representing a diverse multi-billion dollar marketplace. To see Wendel Rosen’ “Operating as a B Corporation is not a stretch here at Wendel Rosen,” Wendel Rosen has long been a pioneering law firm when it comes to adopting and promoting sustainable business practices in the profession. In 2003, it became the first certified green law firm in the country (certification conducted by the Bay Area Green Business Program) and launched its Green Business Practice Group. In addition, the firm co-chaired the effort to write and pass California’ About Wendel Rosen With nearly 60 attorneys and approximately 130 total employees, Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP serves a diverse clientele of business, public and individual clients located throughout California and the United States. With offices in Oakland and Modesto, California, the 104-year-old firm advises clients on transactional and civil litigation matters in several related fields of law, including bankruptcy, restructuring and creditor rights; real estate; business/corporate; About B Corp B Corporations strive to create economic opportunity, build strong communities and preserve a healthy environment. Certified B Corporations meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of stakeholder interests, and build collective voice through the power of the unifying B Corporation brand. As of February 2013, there are more than 690 Certified B Corporations from over 60 industries and 24 countries, representing a diverse multi-billion dollar marketplace. About B Lab B Lab is a nonprofit organization that serves a global movement to redefine success in business so that all companies compete not only to be the best in the world, but the best for the world. B Lab drives this systemic change through a number of interrelated initiative: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between “good companies” End
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