Some articles from big-name press on B Corps, to help explain why the Best for NYC Challenge makes sense: a nice short piece from the New Yorker on B Corps, a piece from the Wall Street Journal on B Corps and hiring with some skeptical commenters, and a piece from the New York Times, published a month after OSE …
New York is having a huge real-estate boom at the moment, with new buildings gong up all over the city. Old Structures does not, of course, work on those new buildings but we have still been involved: we have been working on protecting the neighboring buildings. In some cases we have been working for developers …
I mentioned that some B Corps have a social goal as their reason to exist and another good example is Hirepurpose. For much of the past fifteen years, the unemployment rate for veterans was much higher than for the general rate. Their work to address this situation benefits everyone, and is worth mentioning in the context …
It can be daunting to start the process of reviewing your company that is a necessary part of the B Impact assessment, or the version of the assessment that is being used for the Best for NYC Challenge. (It was for me, anyway.) Fortunately there is help available: A workshop, A lunch, A fashion conference that …
People in our firm – not just me, although I’m the loudest on this topic – have given a good number of talks at conferences and published a good number of papers. This is obviously not necessary to the ordinary functioning of our company, so why spend the time and effort? The short answer is …
