Dataflex is now a certified B Corp
Following a rigorous final approval process lasting over a year, we’re proud to announce that from January 2023 Dataflex is officially a certified B Corporation. With B Corp certification we join the global frontrunners of socially and environmentally sustainable businesses.
B Corps use their business as a force for good and balance purpose with profit. The true power of change lies in the hands of businesses. And it is our role to collectively motivate the rest of the world to make positive change and achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The rigorous B-Impact Assessment process evaluates companies in five areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment and Customers. Our performance has been closely scrutinised around such issues as social and environmental performance, transparency and legal accountability, and a tangible commitment to balancing profit and purpose.
The journey is the goal
To qualify for certification, we had to show we meet the very high standards in all five areas and score a minimum 80 out of 200 overall. “Acting in the interest of the environment and doing good for our employees and community has always shaped how Dataflex did business,” says our CEO Roderik Mos, “That this has now helped us to become a certified B Corp is not only an honour. It also shows that all our previous efforts are both recognised and rewarded. However, our journey doesn’t stop here. Any company that sees B Corp certification as their final goal will have a hard time getting certified. Because B Corp reflects a mindset that sees an ongoing holistic approach to sustainability in the broadest sense as central to everything you do.”
Getting through the rigorous application process may have taken us over 12 months, it has taken us many years of hard work and brave choices to reach these levels of sustainable business excellence.
“We never took shortcuts or played with the truth. Honesty, transparency and accountability is what got us here. And since those values are part of our culture, they’ll never go away.”
With B Corp certification, Dataflex joins a community of just over 6,000 companies across 86 countries and 159 industries. And the list includes all the iconic names you’d expect in the world of sustainable business practices, from Patagonia and Ben & Jerry’s to Dopper and Clipper Tea.
