Cardiff based Grasshopper Communications has become B Corp Certified, joining more than 3,500 businesses across the UK that part of the global movement of business as a force for good.
Launched ten years ago with sustainability at the core of its mission, Grasshopper delivers communication campaigns to engage communities, stakeholders and government around a range of policy and environmental agendas.
Active across Wales and England, Grasshopper works for clients focused around energy, environment, placemaking, planning, infrastructure and health sectors.
The agency becomes one of around 50 Certified B Corps based in Wales.
Clare Jones, Founding Director of Grasshopper, said:
“Delivering positive change to the world around us has always been core to our mission, so joining a global movement to pursue an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy seemed like a natural way forward.
“Our view has always been that business ought to be conducted as if people and place matter, which is core to what we do as a specialist community engagement agency, and is also central to our commitment as B Corp.
“Becoming a Certified B Corporation is a testament to our entire team’s commitment to prioritising people and the planet, and specifically, that we are we are able to measure, understand and share these impacts.
“However, we see this as the start of the journey, and we will continue to evaluate where we are and where we want to get to. Ultimately we want to make sure that doing business as a force for good remains core to everything we do and our decision making, as we continue with our growth ambition over the coming years.”
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
Companies in the certification process are scored in five key impact areas:
- Governance
- Workers
- Customers
- Environment
- Community
