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B Corp or Benefit Corporation? Here's the Difference (and Why It Matters)

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) Welcome back to the world of work – hope you enjoyed your long weekend. Last week, I wrote about public benefit corporations that aren’t distributing their benefit reports to the public.

Are Public Benefit Corporations Hiding From The Public – On Purpose?

Godspeed: good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.) I had to laugh. Midway through my annual quest to locate benefit reports published by high-profile public benefit corporations (PBCs), I queried my friend (friend?) Claude the chatbot from Anthropic, asking

A Wolf Dressed in PBC Clothing

I was preparing to write a story about why OpenAI shouldn’t be allowed to become a public benefit corporation when this week brought news that it had already transitioned to a PBC as part of its corporate restructuring from nonprofit to for-profit. For me (shaking his head), the heart

How an Ice Cream Meltdown Sparked a Corporate Revolution

To understand the birth of benefit corporations, you must go back to the year 2000 and the acquisition of Ben & Jerry’s by Unilever. When Unilever made an offer in 2000 to acquire Ben & Jerry’s for $326 million, the Ben & Jerry’s board found itself in

There Is No Climate Refuge Except in Each Other

That's a sharp headline (says the copywriter in me). I came across it on a website when I was researching mutual aid societies. Are you aware of mutual aid societies? I think somewhere in the murk of my subconscious I’ve been peripherally aware of them, but really