B Impact Report

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Royal Auping

Beds and bed bases, mattresses, box springs and bed textiles and accessories.
Certified Since: March, 2020
Location: Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
Sector: Manufacturing

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

86.0

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

www.auping.com

Auping is the largest developer and producer of personal sleep solutions in the Netherlands. Their story began in 1888. Founder Johannes Auping, a blacksmith in Deventer, was commissioned by a local hospital to replace its regular straw mattresses with a more hygienic alternative - and laid the foundation for their current position. The Auping family still holds a large majority stake in the company to this day. Since their founding, they have continued to develop ground-breaking - handmade - products that have changed the world of sleep and rest. Sustainability, design and innovation are key in everything they do.

They believe that a well-rested world is a better and more beautiful world. A world with more love. This is their deep conviction and their brand promise is therefore: Auping, with love. For instance, they are convinced that an inspiring and surprising working environment and a pleasant, accessible working atmosphere contribute significantly to innovation strength and sustainable growth.

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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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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.