Trillium Asset Management was among 92 companies worldwide which were recently recognized for creating the most positive overall social and environmental impact by the nonprofit B Lab with the release of the third annual ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list. The ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list honors businesses that earned an overall score in the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations on the B Impact Assessment, a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of a company’s impact on its workers, community, and the environment. Check out the full list at bestfortheworld.bcorporation.net. …

November 26, 2013: Trillium Asset Management is pleased to announce that our firm has received a “GIIRS 5 Star” rating for 2013, placing Trillium in the top quintile of GIIRS-rated companies. GIIRS (Global Impact Investing Rating System) is an independent third-party system for assessing the social and environmental impact of developed and emerging market companies and funds. The GIIRS methodology scores companies’ key performance indicators relevant to the company’s industry, geography, size, and social mission on a scale of 1 – 5 stars, in the following impact areas: Governance Workers Community Environment For over 30 years, Trillium has strived to …

Creating new business models that integrate people, planet and profit is a creative challenge. State and federal laws differentiate between for-profit and nonprofit entities, but what about the mission-driven, for-profit corporation? Or the risk-taking nonprofit social enterprise? Neither fish nor foul, progressive corporations can create significant social value, but often without the tax breaks or fundraising benefits that accrue to nonprofit entities. Truly for-benefit institutions also struggle to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. For every real innovator, there are a plethora of opportunistic “greenwashing” companies papering over their business-as-usual practices with clever marketing campaigns. Enter the B CorporationTM, “setting the …