How to become a B Corp

Any for-profit company, regardless of size, sector or location, can pursue B Corp certification. The process involves a rigorous assessment of your social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency, carried out through the B Impact Platform.

What are the requirements for the B Corp certification?

Becoming a B Corp means meeting two key pillars of the B Lab Standards: the Foundation Requirements and the Impact Topic Requirements.Together, they ensure your business is fundamentally eligible and taking meaningful action across social, environmental, and governance areas.

Meet Eligibility Requirements

Your company must be legally incorporated, in operation for at least 12 months, and generate a majority of revenue from a competitive market.

Commit to Stakeholder Governance

Adopt the B Corp Legal Requirement and sign the B Corp Declaration of Interdependence, embedding accountability to all stakeholders into your legal framework.

Meet requirements

Take meaningful action across seven key areas, from Fair Work to Climate Action – tailored to your size, sector, and risk profile.

To ensure that your business is eligible, please contact us or start your assessment on the B Impact Platform

Scoping process

Before certification begins, B Lab defines your certification scope – covering your legal entities, sites, size, sector, and geographic locations under one sustainability management system.

This scope determines your certification track, audit frequency, and use of branding. Once documented, you will be moving into the requirements for your business

Process step by step

B Corp certification takes commitment, but the impact speaks for itself. Walk through the key steps of the process with B Lab Switzerland.

Create a free account on in B Impact

You register your company in B Impact and complete the Assessment Setup to get started and get a sense of what becoming a B Corp entails.

Foundation requirements review

You assess your company against the Foundation Requirements of B Lab. B Lab then confirms whether your company is eligible to proceed.

Time for scoping

Together with B Lab, you define the scope of the certification. This includes which legal entities are covered and which brands may use the B Corp logo.

Let’s get to the self-assessment

You complete the full Self-Assessment in B Impact, based on the B Lab Standards V2.

B Lab will take the submission to the assurance provider

Once submitted, B Lab assigns an independent assurance provider to your company.

Time for the audit

The assurance provider schedules and conducts the audit. This is time-bound and can take place on-site or remotely (Depending on company's size, sector and risks).

Results of the audit

You receive a detailed audit report outlining any non-conformities that need to be addressed.

Making changes

You take action to resolve any non-conformities. Major issues must be resolved before certification; minor issues can be addressed before the next audit.