“The Assessment provided a mechanism for Patagonia to conduct a comprehensive assessment of our current social and environmental programs.”

“The B Impact Assessment added a new twist to our initiatives - it helped us understand where we are in comparison to other companies.”

“The Assessment gave us a sense of what practices to prioritize over others. It helped our money go much further by just asking us the tough questions.”

“We realized we have a lot more to do on environment - especially collecting statistics from our suppliers that help us understand their impact.”

“Passar por este processo ajudou nossos clientes e outros compradores de atacado a ter mais confiança nas práticas da nossa empresa.”

“The B Impact Assessment, beyond being a practical, useful tool, was like a CAT scan of our organization’s effect on society.”

“We already felt great about certain manufacturing and employee practices, but the tool allowed us to realize that we were just barely touching the surface.”

“The experience of taking the Assessment really dug deep into what our company does and how effective it can be.”

“Taking the Assessment was a validating exercise for our employees - it showed the team that we were already doing some amazing stuff with our company.”

“We've taken some small steps towards culture change - for example, when the press wants to do a story on us, we ask our employees to be featured instead of the founders.”

“We learned that we need to involve our employees in this exercise, so that they are not only aware but also own this initiative.”

“Since taking the Assessment, we have incorporated positive impact goals into our management cycle, reporting structures and metrics, and have set SMART commitments.”

“The biggest surprise to me was realizing that our employees deeply cared about the things the B Impact Assessment measured.”

“The Assessment revealed to us that we were engaged in many positive practices but that there was much room for improvement in almost every area we were being scored on.”

“Temos boas práticas trabalhistas, mas são um pouco informais. Percebemos que devemos comunicar essas idéias aos nossos funcionários por meio de políticas e programas formais.”

“Personally, I found the whole exercise and the questions incredibly insightful and challenging.”

“We might have 'talked the talk,' but did we really walk the walk? If the Assessment could talk it would have said, 'Nice try, Notogroup, you can do better.'”

“As a company who thought they were a very socially-conscious business, the Assessment process was very educational.”

“When we do our daily work, our employees don’t really see the opportunities to improve our business. But the Assessment encourages us to rethink our protocols in a different light.”

“"The assessment tool allowed us insight into how we could improve our sustainable manufacturing practices.”