For the fifth year in a row, we have earned a place on the Best for the World lists within the Certified B Corporation community. This year Zevin Asset Management was named Best for Customers by scoring in the top 10 percent of all Certified B Corps because of our firm’s focus on serving clients as we help solve pressing social and environmental issues.
“We are proud to be recognized by B Corporation for our commitment to using investment as a force for good.” said Sonia Kowal, president of Zevin Asset Management. “We strive to create positive impact on behalf of our clients through active ownership and have found the B Corporation framework helpful as we measure our own corporate sustainability to practice what we preach.”
As socially responsible impact investors, we believe that factors ranging from climate change risk to racial injustice drive risk and opportunity. We integrate those issues into our investment process and also use shareholder advocacy to help improve the environmental and social practices of companies in our clients’ portfolios. This Best for the World honor reflects our continued success delivering socially responsible investment solutions for our clients, as well as durable, positive impact.
Zevin Asset Management is proud to be a Certified B Corporation. Companies that undergo certification commit to being a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit. Certified B Corps are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment.
Certified B Corps were honored in several different categories: Best for Workers, Best for Community, Best for Customers, Best for Governance, Best for Environment, Changemakers, and Best for the World Overall. Visit B Lab’s website for more information and for this year’s selection criteria: https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/best-for-the-world
B Lab (www.bcorporation.net) is the nonprofit organization that certifies B Corporations and designates awards. B Lab aims to drive systemic change by: (1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between “good companies” and good marketing; (2) passing benefit corporation legislation to give business leaders the freedom to create value for society as well as shareholders; (3) helping businesses measure, compare and improve their social and environmental performance with the free B Impact Assessment; (4) driving capital to impact investments through use of its B Analytics and GIIRS Ratings platform.
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