B Impact Report

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Bighams

An independent food company, we make extraordinarily delicious dishes
Certified Since: August, 2020
Location: London, NA, United Kingdom
Sector: Manufacturing

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

83.2

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

bighams.com

Inspired by his travels and love of cooking, Charlie set up shop back in 1996 with the sole aim of creating really delicious dishes for foodies – putting in all the care and attention that you would if you were to cook them yourself. They are proud to make our dishes with top quality ingredients, carefully chosen from long-term suppliers.

They believe the best food is made with real ingredients and no preservatives, the way you would make it at home. Our chef team works tirelessly to take inspiration from excellent chefs and different cuisines, so that they can be shared by our customers around the table. Just as they take the time to cook properly, they take the time to do business properly too.

The health of our community is vital - both for our teams within our London and Somerset kitchens and in the wider community beyond. As a team we are constantly looking for ways to do things better. Supporting the missions of likeminded food charities and small producers, who go above and beyond to craft excellent quality food and drink, with the upmost care.

Impact Area Scoresinfo_outline

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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Each year, B Lab releases lists honoring the top-performing Certified B Corps in each Impact Area and overall, broken down by size, on the annual Best for the World lists.

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B Lab may determine that a company should make additional material beyond their B Impact Report transparent in order for the public to be able to evaluate the company’s overall impact. This additional transparency may cover participation in a controversial industry, information shared on the company’s Disclosure Questionnaire, or simply a company’s relationship to a larger complex entity. Public companies and wholly-owned subsidiaries are required to make their full B Impact Assessments transparent to achieve B Corp Certification.