You don’t have to go through certification alone.
Check out Ecolytics, a software platform built to make B Corp certification and recertification much easier. They are a certified B Corp headquartered in Washington, DC, and have a license with B Lab (the non-profit in charge of the standards) to use the B Corp standards inside their tools.
Ecolytics also partners with B Corp consultants and B Academics programs to provide their software and create a sustainability management system for companies going through the B Corp process, ensuring that sustainability is not treated as isolated projects, but as an integrated part of how the company operates.
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Official guidance from B Lab
Getting started
- Explore the B Lab Standards — the Foundation Requirements and all seven Impact Topics
- Download the full standards — the complete text, in multiple languages
- Certifying on the B Lab Standards — the certification hub
- Create a free B Impact account — self-assess against the standards
Foundation Requirements
- Who is eligible to be a B Corp?
- The B Corp Legal Requirement — stakeholder governance in your corporate documents
- Find B Corp partners in the DC area to assist: ImpactGC, Nazareth Bonifacino Law
- Managing negative impacts through the Risk Tool
Understanding your track
- How the standards are tailored to your company — size, sector, industry, location
- Third-party certification — the audit process, based on ISO 17021-1
- Continuous improvement — the five-year cycle, Year 3 and Year 5
If you’re already certified
- Guidance for B Corps recertifying in 2025/2026
- FAQs: Certifying on B Lab’s new standards
- FAQs: Updates to the standards, V2.1 and V2.2 — released February 2026
General
- B Lab U.S. & Canada FAQ — pricing, timelines, eligibility
- Knowledge Hub — B Lab’s full support library
- Questions for B Lab directly: certify@bcorporation.net