In the world of scoring for companies that focus on the so-called triple bottom line, meaning people, planet and profit, B Lab has one of the most rigorous rating systems.

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To receive B Corp Certification from B Lab, an independent, non-profit organization (I am a co-founder of B Lab), method had to submit to a comprehensive, comparable, and transparent examination of all of its products, its practices, and its impact on all of its stakeholders, including workers, community, and the environment.

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It also applies to 403(b) retirement plans for the non-profit sector and governmental 457 plans.

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Entrepreneurs like the B Lab founders are finding new ways to inject non-profit values into for-profit companies.

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The non-profit I used to work for eventually offered a similar plan, a 403(b), with the same benefits, but other employees might not be so lucky.

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The acquisition gives control over the network to Viacom (nyse: VIA.B - news - people ), which delivered a first-quarter profit off the strength of its other cable networks, including MTV .

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