March is B Corp month! Here’s our new score and the ambition to match
3 Mar 2026
3 Mar 2026
Even before we started our own B Corp journey (and it’s a journey of continual improvement, not a destination), we’ve always believed that business can be done differently, so we made it our mission to be more purpose-driven and put people and the planet at the heart of what we do.
It’s the reason we started Tyler Grange and it still drives us today. March is B Corp Month, a global celebration of the Certified B Corporation community, led by B Lab. It’s an especially exciting time for us, too. In summer 2025 we marked our 15th birthday with a special B Corp celebration, and in January 2026 we hit an exciting new milestone when we recertified as a B Corp and significantly improved our score.
It’s time to celebrate the impact B Corp businesses have and raise awareness of the ways they’re doing things differently from everyone else. This year, the focus of the month is showing that B Corp is ‘more than a badge’. Proving this company meets verified standards for social and environmental business practices, which doesn’t mean a business can’t be commercially successful.
To become certified, there are some clear criteria and accountability commitments you need to hit:
The B Corp movement matters. Each of the BIA impact areas demands and deserves businesses to do more to meet the challenges we all face today. From environmental issues to social inequalities, these impact areas are powerfully connected. Better care and fair pay for your workers means better service for your customers. Care for the environment drives continuous improvement, and care for local communities leads to a more stable and harmonious society. Good performance in these areas (and transparency about the results) leads to good, honest governance, maintaining healthy working practice, not just a healthy bottom line.
Our B Corp journey reflects something fundamental about who we are. It anchors our commitment to balancing commercial success with positive outcomes for people, communities and the planet.
This is an idea we’ve recently developed even further, through our triple balance sheet, giving a more rounded picture of our overall performance. The principles that guide our B Corp journey, however, have remained consistent:
Our resident B Keeper, Kay Geoghegan, co chairs one of the B Local groups, having quarterly updates with B Lab, as well as offering monthly events, webinars and quarterly in-person events for extra collaboration. We’re also part of the B Hive, a network of certified corporations sharing stories, opportunities and resources that help us all improve our performance collectively. You can find out more about the benefits of becoming a B Corp here.
B Corp Month is an opportunity to collaborate, raise awareness of the movement (1m people globally work at Certified B Corps). We celebrate the wins, learn from what doesn’t work and make time to recognise the progress we’ve made- all while acknowledging that there’s always more to learn and improve upon.
Happy 15th Birthday to us!
Last summer, we got together at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens to celebrate an incredible 15 years in business. We organised a two-part event, comprising a day of inspirational speakers and an evening of partying. It was a birthday party after all!
A key part of being a B Corp is supporting and championing other businesses in the community. That’s why we invited some B Corp suppliers and collaborators for our birthday celebrations, bringing our community together to make sure the great work everyone does is recognised with gratitude. Huge thanks go to Seacourt, MP+Co, Studio 91 and Legacy Events for making it a celebration to remember!
B Lab reassesses certified businesses to validate their continued commitment to excellent social and environmental practice. This year, we achieved a recertification score of 120.3 points, 29 points higher than our original certification in 2022 with a score of 91.3 points!
For context, businesses used to need to score a minimum of 80 BIA points to become B Corp certified on the old standards. It’s a rigorous assessment that covers every aspect of the business.
Here’s how we did it:
Environment
14-point increase (our greatest improvement)
When we originally certified in 2022, it was difficult to evidence the necessary data to prove our revenue-generating impact to unlock an Impact Business Model (IBM). So, we developed better ways to capture this and managed to achieve an IBM this time. It proves that we’re ‘intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders’. In this case, that’s the environment.
Governance
5.1-point increase
We improved our board reporting, key performance indicators and stakeholder engagement. Along with this, we maintain solid scores on external audits, accreditations and certifications.
Workers
3.6-point increase
A nice, improved score looking after our biggest asset: our people! We’ve increased employee benefits, ranging from improved parental support to financial wellbeing and mental health support. We’re also measuring staff satisfaction levels through external surveys like the Sunday Times Best Places to Work, marking our workplace happiness as “Excellent” in 2025.
Community
3.5-point increase
Our community involvement includes everything from volunteering, increased spending with local suppliers, and reporting on anonymous diversity and inclusion metrics. Our directors input to professional industrial guidance. For example, Bat Mitigation Guidance for CIEEM, which contributed to our achieving the Environmental Education Impact Business Model.
Customers
1.1-point increase
This score ranks how we work with our customers, taking into account our services, their feedback and customer security. Improvements were made in increased monitoring, seeking out more customer feedback and satisfaction level surveys, and cybersecurity certification, keeping everyone’s data safe and sound.
As the B Corp community continues to grow, so does its collective impact. We’re proud to be part of a movement that is redefining what a successful business looks like. There are now over 2,800 Certified B Corps in the UK, bringing in a total UK B Corp revenue of £43 billion and over 202,000 UK employees.
B Corp certification provides a rigorous, holistic assessment of the entire business, from how we work with and support our stakeholders, to our impact on local communities and the transparency and resilience of our supply chain.
If you want to learn more about B Corp companies, or perhaps even become one yourself, we urge you to find out more or reach out to us at bcorp@tylergrange.co.uk for further signposting. For almost any aspect of your personal or professional life, you can find a B Corp to help you. So have a look and see how you can support and celebrate these businesses this month. Prioritise what matters most for all of us by working with businesses that make an impact.
