In June 2022, Juliette Caulkins joined B Lab Europe as the new Executive Director. As the B Corp community continues to grow and diversify, Juliette is leading our pan-European network in building a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative global economy and demonstrating that business & social purpose go hand in hand.
Our Certification team is supporting companies on their pathway to become Certified B Corporations, and thereby, is growing the B Corp community in Europe. But it doesn’t stop there. The team also works closely with B Lab’s global network to further optimize the certification process and the ability to service companies in Europe.
Our Markets Development team works to expand the reach and accelerate the impact of the B Corp movement in Europe. They lead B Lab Europe’s partnerships in new markets, and support our European network with tools and expertise to drive growth with purpose.
Our Operations team supports financial and management processes to help ensure B Lab Europe’s efficiency and productivity in expanding the reach and accelerating the impact of the B Corp movement in Europe. They lead recruitment in new team members, performance management, compensation and company culture and support our European network to drive growth with purpose.
Our Communications team supports the growing European B Corp community by advocating for business as a force for good and a better economic system and amplifying B Corps’ voices and actions.
Our Community Engagement team coordinates the growing European B Corp community, by fostering engagement, opportunities for collaboration, and collective action, and enabling different networks to connect smoothly and to create a better economic system.
The Programs team is responsible for fostering innovation and developing new impact offerings beyond B Corp Certification to get more and more companies to adopt B Lab’s standards.
The Policy team is responsible for advocacy of stakeholder governance and embedding sustainability into corporate governance at the EU level.
B Lab Europe is registered as a “Stichting” or Foundation under Dutch law. It has two boards, a Supervisory board with responsibility for strategy, CEO appointment, and financial matters, and a Management Board that oversees the execution of the strategy and policy of B Lab Europe.
B Lab Europe believes in continuously advancing employees’ personal and professional development, well- being, and work-life balance by drawing from B Corps’ best practices. Benefits range from additional allowances to support health and wellbeing, extra time off to give back to the community, and flexible working to paid professional development and pension contributions plans.
B Lab Europe is coordinating and working closely with the European B Lab Network, which is composed of various local teams that support the growth of the B Corp movement at a national level in different European countries.
