We are B Corp certified because we meet high standards of environmental and social impact.

WHAT IS A B CORP?

Not just a ESG, issued by the nonprofit organization B Lab, but a well-rounded commitment that promotes inclusive, equitable and regenerative socioeconomic models, looking as much at the planet as at the well-being of employees.
Being a B Corp means going beyond the canonical business model, adopting an approach in which generating value for the community, employees and suppliers is at the heart of every single business initiative.

VALUE METRICS

To ensure the transparency and accuracy of our efforts, we have undergone the rigorous B Impact Assessment: a quantitative procedure that analyzes every aspect of our business activities, assigning a score that measures our impact on several areas. Companies that exceed the 80-point benchmark can bear the B Corp seal. We have been among them since 2021.

85.1
Overall impact B score
80.0
Qualify for B Corp certification
50.9
Average score for standard businesses
  • GOVERNANCE
  • CUSTOMERS
  • WORKERS
  • COMMUNITY
  • ENVIRONMENT
7.3
GOVERNANCE

Governance evaluates a company’s overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement: 2.3

Ethics & Transparency: 2.4

Mission Locked: 2.5

4.0
CUSTOMERS

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship: 3.7

25.2
WORKERS

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security: 2.7

Health, Wellness, & Safety: 8.9

Career Development: 3.0

Engagement & Satisfaction: 4.8

17.6
COMMUNITY

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: 4.2

Economic Impact: 2.5

Civic Engagement & Giving: 2.0

Supply Chain Management: 8.8

30.9
ENVIRONMENT

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management: 6.2

Air & Climate: 7.3

Water: 2.4

Land & Life: 8.0

Land/wildlife Conservation: 6.8

BUSINESS SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

We are part of a global movement that uses entrepreneurial profit to pursue a higher purpose: generating a positive impact on society every day.

B Corp works to reduce inequality and poverty levels, preserve and regenerate natural resources and the environment as a whole, as well as foster stronger communities through tangibly better business propositions. The needs of each employee, supplier and customer, the needs of the community and the local area, guide valuable entrepreneurial actions and strategies designed based on the core principles of the B Corp Declaration of Interdependence.

As witnesses and architects of this innovative shift, we at ISEM demonstrate that a people and environment-centered approach to business is not only possible, but is also the best path to a future of shared and sustainable prosperity.

THE CONSEQUENCE OF OUR COMMITMENT

As a B Corp-certified Italian company, in June 2023 we amended our bylaws to become a Benefit Corporation, thus enshrining our vocation also at the legal level: merging entrepreneurial efficiency with the pursuit of the common good. A mission that we are committed to reaffirming and preserving in the long term, combining ethics and profit, corporate welfare and care for the territory.