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Rogue Creamery

Blue Cheese, Semi Hard Cheese, wine, beer, pantry goods and hard g
Certified Since: June, 2016
Location: Central Point, Oregon, United States
Sector: Manufacturing

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

136.6

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

www.roguecreamery.com

Inspired by a sense of place since 1933, Rogue Creamery draws from the beauty and flavors of Southern Oregon’s Rogue River Valley to create nine distinctive varieties of handcrafted blue cheeses and a variety of gourmet cheddars. Over the last 60 years , Rogue Creamery blue cheeses have received international acclaim. The USDA Certified Organic whole milk they use to make these original blues comes from their 75 acre dairy located along the banks of the rugged and scenic Rogue River. The creamery has won over 100 international and national awards .In 2016 its Flora Nelle and Rogue River Blue cheeses both won 1st Place at the 2016 Good Food Awards in San Francisco. Its Rogue River Blue cheese was awarded Best Blue Cheese @ the 2015 U.S. Cheese Championships, “Best of Show” at both the 2011 & 2009 American Cheese Society Competitions and “Best Blue Cheese” at the World Cheese Awards in London, England. Its Caveman Blue was awarded Super Gold (one of the Top 60 Cheeses in the World) @ the World Cheese Awards in 2014. Rogue Creamery registered as the 1st Benefit Company in the state of Oregon in 2014.

Best for the World Honoreeinfo_outline

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Additional Documentationinfo_outline

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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.

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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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