B Impact Report

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Bruggink & Van der Velden (BvdV)

Legal services, attorneys-at-law, tax attorneys and consultants
Certified Since: January, 2015
Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sector: Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

80.2

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

www.bvdv.nl

BvdV has the relevant knowledge and experience to assist and advise entrepreneurs in all manner of legal issues and disputes they may face. The BvdV team is made up of specialised attorneys and tax advisers who are able to advise businesses and private individuals in civil law and taxation issues. They offer a one stop shop for enterprises, with experts in Corporate law, M&A, Tax, Finance, Restructuring & insolvency law, Liability, Employment and Commercial contracts.

BvdV operates on trust and transparency. In respect for their employees, they are 100% transparent, both regarding organisational and financial topics, including salaries and business results. Each and every employee has an understanding of and a say in the direction of the organisation. At BvdV, the emphasis is on cost reduction rather than turnover. In fact, rather than turnover targets, they have a turnover cap. In order to offer every employee an equal opportunity to succeed, BvdV has chosen to limit the period of share ownership, thus safeguarding promotion opportunities for all. After all, employees must have a realistic shot at share ownership, which, in turn, means that talent is kept in house.

BvdV is always looking for collaborations with B corps and other impactful businesses.

Best for the World Honoreeinfo_outline

linkBest for Workers 2019 linkBest for Workers 2018 linkBest for Workers 2017 linkBest for Workers 2016

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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info_outlineBest for the World Honoree

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.