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B Corporation Town Hall Recap

by Sarah Best

Mightybytes was proud to be a part of B Lab’s first B Corporation Town Hall. Watch a YouTube video of the Town Hall.

I was honored to join the co-founders of B Lab (the non-profit organization behind B Corporations) and representatives from Southern Energy Management, Plum Organics, Dansko, Ben & Jerry’s and GoLite for a Town Hall hosted by B Lab and Google+.

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Mightybytes Supports Urban Air on Kickstarter

by Mightybytes

Say ahhhhhh…. Our second Kickstarter pick this holiday season replaces advertising with living bamboo forests that clean the air.

This holiday season, Mightybytes is supporting these nine Kickstarter projects. Each project was nominated by someone on the Mightybytes crew, and is either local in focus (based in Chicago or Illinois), or supports our mission to help people and the planet.

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Illinois B Corp Legislation Passes in the Senate

by Tim Frick

New law would place the tenets of socially responsible business at the heart of Illinois companies that want to make a difference.

Last week the Illinois Senate passed legislation that would make our fine state the eighth in the nation to enact legislation that makes the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) a legally recognized entity. If the bill also passes in the House—which is scheduled to vote in May—this could be great news for Illinois companies that want to build business while still maintaining a commitment to being socially responsible.

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Climate Counts Releases its Fifth Annual Company Scorecard Report

by Kyle Akerman

Results show an upward trend toward sustainability. How does your company fare?

Climate Counts is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that strives to fight climate change by helping consumers use their choices and voices to put pressure on the world’s largest companies to take corporate climate action. Results from their 5th Annual Company Scorecard Report seem to show that global corporations are increasingly acknowledging climate change as reality and are adopting measures to reduce their emissions and environmental impact.

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