B Impact Report

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Winclove Probiotics

Researcher, developer and producer of probiotic formulations
Certified Since: November, 2020
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-holland, Netherlands
Sector: Manufacturing

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

80.2

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

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Winclove Probiotics, a family business, has been researching, developing, and producing probiotic formulations together with business partners in the Netherlands and abroad since 1987. Based in the north of Amsterdam, Winclove Probiotics strives to be the best company for the world.

Thirty years ago, hardly anyone had even heard of probiotics. However, the two friends and companions Pieter Pekelharing and Bram van Leeuwen were fully convinced that these good bacteria can contribute greatly to people's well-being. Pieter himself, for example, had benefited much from probiotics. Counter to conventional thinking, they worked hard to exploit the potential of probiotics and to convince the medical and scientific world.

Their motives then are Winclove’s motives today: We want to help people and contribute to improving the quality of life. First and foremost, by trusting in probiotics; trusting those billions of good bacteria that live in and around us and are essential for our health. But also by trusting people. This gives our employees the full confidence to do their jobs and the freedom to develop themselves continually. Partly as a result of these developments, we are able to innovate and improve our products, making us even better able to help people.

Additional Documentationinfo_outline

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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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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.