soulbottles is the best b corp company in Germany
We have some really great news! In our recent recertification as a B Corp company, we have terrific score of 167.5 This makes us the Number 1 of the German B Corps and are among the Top 10 B Corps worldwide!! (maximum 200 points possible, as of January 18, 2023)
We were so excited that we almost dropped the soulbottle! Find out what this result means and how we got there in this blog post.
Employee leadership, environmental improvement, and social impact are incompatible with profitable entrepreneurship? And how! More and more companies are becoming part of the B Corp movement, and soulbottles is one of them! Who, how, what, why, wherefore, and what for? Let's take a short excursion into the world of sustainable business.
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soulbottles was founded with the goal of making our world more sustainable and plastic-free . Justice, fairness and resource conservation
It is relatively easy to say that you are concerned with sustainability and social responsibility, and some corporate giants also claim this.
But how do you recognize that these are companies that are serious about their work? This is difficult, and anyone who has ever dealt with eco- and fair trade labels knows that even a logo is not enough. Even though many labels are intended to offer customers guidance and security in their purchasing decisions, they often only cover a part of the spectrum. However, we are concerned with the holistic work and impact as a company.
At soulbottles we see a clear responsibility in various areas: we want to create a meaningful product from We manufacture our products using fair trade, sustainable materials in a process that protects people and the environment. We also want to treat our employees well and pay them fairly. We want to raise awareness about issues such as sustainability, water scarcity, and plastic waste, and help less privileged people Provide access to clean drinking water .
Right from the product development stage, we set high standards for production, sustainability, and fair treatment of our employees. We work with tradition-conscious family businesses to guarantee good working conditions, high quality, and short transport routes.
With our Holacracy organizational model, which we introduced in 2014, we ensure flat hierarchies in areas of responsibility and efficient decision-making processes that all employees support. We also believe in empathetic internal and external relationships, train all our employees in non-violent communication, and allocate both time and budget for personal development.
We've been very aware from the start that not everyone can live as well as we do in Germany and simply fill their drinking water from the tap. That's why, since soulbottles was founded, a portion of our proceeds has been going to Viva con Agua's drinking water projects, and since 2021, even to our own WASH'n'soul project, which we are implementing in Zambia together with Viva con Agua and BORDA. In total, we have raised and donated over €1.6 million (as of 2023).
Are we alone in maintaining these high standards of corporate responsibility? Is our claim a completely utopian idea for which there are no seals or certifications?
Exactly! Because more and more B Corps think like us: the power of entrepreneurship can be used for good!
“Using business as a force for good”
soulbottles was among the first 100 companies in Germany to be awarded the B Corp seal. In Germany, Ecosia , Coffee Circle ,share , and Startnext are now on board. Worldwide, we are one of over 6,300 companies rethinking entrepreneurship
The certification process examines the entire company, from employee management and environmental sustainability to social impact.
Since we tried to build our entire company as sustainably as possible from the very beginning, we didn't have to change anything in our production processes to obtain certification – and we have officially been part of the B Corp family since the end of 2015.
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But we haven't rested on our laurels: since then, we have continually reviewed our processes and production conditions, adjusted some of the parameters, and stepped things up a notch. And for this, we were rewarded with a brilliant result in our most recent recertification that we ourselves could hardly believe: With a
This means that since the first certification we have increased our score by almost 100%
This is an incredible result and makes us incredibly proud. Because let's be honest: Dedicating ourselves to our heart's issues every day and sending lots of soulmates out into the world is one thing, but it's also To have external and independent confirmation that we are doing quite well is simply an incredibly great feeling!
In conjunction with our outstanding results in our GWÖ certification, we can now claim to be double frontrunners: because We're also number 1 in Germany in the GWÖ certification ! GWÖ—what was that again? Read more about our certification as a Common Good Economy company here and take a look at our impact .
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Are you curious and want to learn more about B Corp ? Then watch the official video from the umbrella organization B Lab, which explains what B Corp stands for in just two minutes.
And now: get to work and continue saving the world, because we are far from finished!
