Here is a video of Sara Horowitz of the Freelancers Insurance giving a good explanation of the philosophical* foundation of the B Corp movement. Her points apply to the B Corp movement in general, but are a nice summary of the goals of the Best for NYC Challenge. *There’s that word again.
Part of working with old buildings is having a library that includes not only current engineering and preservation information but that also covers the era in which we work. In oath words, the 1916 New York City Building is often as useful to us as the 2014 code. When I started my own firm in …
For the Best for NYC Challenge, I’d like to recognize BBMG. Another Brooklyn-based company and one that, like Old Structures, is a consulting firm. Branding is usually seen as a subset of marketing and therefore not necessarily a topic that implies people-based goals, but BBMG thinks otherwise. Good for them and good for their clients.
B Lab recently hosted a retreat on the state of the B Corp community and its future direction. Part of that retreat was discussion of the Best for NYC Challenge and similar upcoming campaigns in other cities. This report by Karen Francis-McWhite is a great read on the topic.
Sometimes good practice and economic necessity overlap. Our office is in a Class B office building for several reasons, with rent rates and the fact that we only need a couple of thousand square feet at the top of the list. In general, Class B spaces in Manhattan are in older buildings. Our office is in …
