B Impact Report

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Aboca Group

Agriculture, natural food supplements and medical devices. Healthcare services.
Certified Since: November, 2019
Location: Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Italy
Sector: Agriculture/Growers

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

112.7

The B Impact Scores are being compared against all businesses that have completed the B Impact Assessment

www.aboca.it

Aboca is the leading group in the therapeutic innovation based on natural complexes. Aboca produces advanced, effective and safe medical devices and food supplements made of natural substances for human health and well-being. The company operates in a strongly research-oriented context, using the criteria of Evidence-Based Medicine.

Since 1978, Aboca runs a fully vertically integrated supply chain, from the organic cultivation of medicinal plants to production and distribution in 15 countries. All the activities are developed in order to produce 100% naturally. Their research involves different areas using the most advanced methods.
Apoteca Natura is an international network of 900 pharmacies in Italy, Spain and Portugal, specialised in guiding people along their path to health awareness and prevention with a particular focus on natural products.
Farmacie Fiorentine AFAM SpA consists of 21 Municipal Pharmacies in Florence aimed at ensuring the access to advanced and personalized social and health services for citizens and tourists.

All Aboca Group’s companies became Benefit Corporations according to Italian law in order to enhance their commitment towards the creation of common good.

Additional Documentationinfo_outline

file_downloadAboca Score Methodology, Summary, & Brand List_2019

Impact Area Scoresinfo_outline

Governance Governance
13.7
Workers Workers
20.4
Community Community
17.3
Environment Environment
50.2
Customers Customers
11.0
info_outlineOverall B Impact Score

To certify as a B Corp, a company must achieve a minimum verified score of 80 points on the B Impact Assessment. The B Impact Assessment asks questions about how the day-to-day operations of a company create positive impact for the company’s workers, community, and environment. Additionally, companies can earn further points if their overall business model can be shown to create positive social and environmental impact as well, qualifying the company for specific Impact Business Model points.

Scores for Certified B Corporations are verified by the non-profit B Lab.

info_outlineImpact Area Scores

The questions in the B Impact Assessment are organized into five Impact Areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers. Click into a Impact Area to see topics covered in each. Topics in blue are Impact Business Models associated with that Impact Area where the company has earned additional credit. Due to rounding, displayed totals may not add up exactly.

The B Impact Assessment is customized to a company's size, sector, and geographic market.  However, within those parameters, there are still questions included in the B Impact Assessment that might not be relevant to a particular company. In cases where a question is not applicable, the potential points available for that question are instead earned based on the performance of the company on the other topics relevant to the stakeholder and summed up as "N/A points." Likewise, a score of N/A for Workers means that the company is a sole proprietor or partnership with no full-time staff, and a score of 0 or N/A for Customers means that the company does not have a specific Customer-focused Impact Business Model.

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