What is B Lab and what does bcorporation.net represent?

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bcorporation.net is the home of B Lab, the global nonprofit behind Certified B Corporations. The site represents a movement of businesses that meet verified social, environmental, and governance standards, and it serves as the entry point for learning about B Lab and finding certified companies. If you are trying to understand who runs the B Corp certification or where to look up certified businesses, this is the official source.

What B Lab is

B Lab describes itself as "a global nonprofit behind Certified B Corporations, a community of businesses that meet verified social, environmental, and governance standards." The organization frames its work as building "a more inclusive, equitable, and fair economic system."

Two things follow from that description:

  • B Lab is the certifying body, not a single company.
  • The certification is tied to verified standards rather than self-reported claims.

What the site covers

The homepage is organized around a few clear themes:

Section What it presents
Movement framing B Lab as a global movement "working to benefit people and the planet"
20 Years of the B Corp Movement A retrospective on two decades of the certification ecosystem
Our Global Impact Reach and scale figures for the community
Building a Movement Collective action beyond certification itself
B Lab Standards The standards described as "at the heart of the B Corp movement"

The scale it reports

The impact section lists the following figures:

  • 1 unifying goal
  • 5 continents
  • 105 countries
  • 163 industries
  • 11,186 companies
  • 1,131,080 workers

These numbers describe the certified community as globally distributed across many sectors, not limited to one region or industry.

What you can do on the site

The homepage offers two primary paths:

  1. Learn more about B Lab — for background on the nonprofit and its standards.
  2. Find Certified B Corps — to look up businesses that hold the certification.

There is also a call to "Join the celebration" tied to the 20-year anniversary of the movement, aimed at long-time participants, newly certified B Corps, and supporters alike.

How to read it correctly

A few distinctions matter when using this site:

  • B Lab is the organization; B Corp is the certification it awards.
  • The movement is described as broader than the certification — "Beyond certification, B Corp is a movement."
  • The standards referenced are the B Lab Standards, positioned as central to how certification works.

If your goal is to verify whether a specific company is certified, use the "Find Certified B Corps" entry rather than relying on a company's own claims. If your goal is to understand the standards or the nonprofit itself, start with the B Lab overview.