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Our innovative B Corp Clinic is the first of its kind. Team up with students to work toward strengthening your social and environmental impact.
The B Corp Clinic
For the last seven years, the NC State B Corp Clinic has helped over 90 companies from around the world improve their social and environmental impact. Whether you’re a traditional business working to become more sustainable, an aspiring B Corp pursuing certification or a certified B Corp focused on continuous improvement, the B Corp Clinic can help!
Each company is matched with a team of interdisciplinary students from academic institutions across North Carolina. The team uses the B Impact Assessment (BIA), as a tool to measure and drive impact. The BIA is a free, confidential platform designed to help measure and manage your company’s positive impact on your workers, community, customers and environment.
A program of the NC State Poole College Business Sustainability Collaborative, the B Corp Clinic has worked with over 400 students on 99 projects and helped companies make progress on over 3,000 points towards certification, including 32 companies that have become B Corp Certified.
Company Applications Now Open for Spring 2023
Applications are open until Friday, January 19 and companies will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Apply Today!B Corp Clinic Timeline
B Corp Clinic Timeline (Fall & Spring Semesters)
Week 0: Company applications due second week of class
Week 1: B Corp Clinic Kickoff & Company presentations (virtual)
Week 2: Student applications due by 5 pm
Week 2.5: Teams announced
Week 3: Student orientation
Week 3-7: Team Projects
Week 7: Interim presentations (virtual)
Week 7-12: Team Projects
Week 12: B Corp Clinic Closing Presentations (virtual)
Learn more about the B Corp Clinic
B Impact Assessment
BSC is a proud to be part of a community of people using business as a force for good! B Lab provides a free, online, confidential tool called the B Impact Assessment to help you learn best practices companies can adopt regarding their workers, communities, and the environment. See how your company measures up by taking the B Impact Assessment today!
Why Participate?
Build a better business
- Open to companies around the world, from start-ups to multinationals
- Work with creative, interdisciplinary teams of students from colleges and universities across NC
- Use the B Impact Assessment to strengthen your social and environmental impact
- Become a certified B Corporation or simply be like a B Corporation
Having a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, hardworking team of students with diverse backgrounds and perspectives is a great way to get a lot done in a short time! Also, the community of B Corps is very collaborative and everyone is ready to share resources and help each other.
Anne Claire Broughton, Spring 2017 B Corp Clinic, Broughton Consulting, a Certified B Corporation