To start the B Corp certification process, register your company in B Impact.  

Guidance on how to register on B Impact or Sign in to your existing B Impact account

As the first step in the certification journey, the foundation requirements ensure companies meet key eligibility and accountability criteria before diving into the Impact Topics. The Foundation Requirements include eligibility requirements, the B Corp legal requirement, and risk profile.

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Learn more about the Foundation Requirements 

This step is applicable for companies with related entities such as subsidiaries, parent entities, sister entities or entities with shared operations and branding.  Scoping is a foundational step in the B Corp Certification process. It’s how we define the boundaries of your assessment and certification—basically, “what’s inside the circle” of your certified business. A clear scope ensures your certification accurately reflects the areas you control, helps your team focus resources, and makes the audit process efficient.

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Because B Corp Certification evaluates entire businesses rather than individual products or sites, scoping plays a critical role in making sure dynamic, multi-layered business structures are assessed fairly and consistently.

Read more about scoping and contact the team at B Lab Singapore if you have any questions. 

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Learn more about how your assessment will be customised based on your company’s size, sector, industry and location. 

Each company must complete a self-assessment in order to achieve B Corp Certification. The self-assessment allows companies to evaluate their level of preparedness and compliance with the requirements before the certification audit. Auditors review the self-assessment as a starting point for each audit.  Your customised self-assessment in the B Impact will list all the Impact Topic Requirements with applicable sub-requirements.  

• Working as part of a team? Add your team members and assign tasks to relevant team members.  

• Track your progress through the interactive platform and assign tasks to team members.

• Manage documentation in the documentation hub.  

• Make use of the in-app resources and guidance provided.

• Complete our free online training course to learn more about the Impact Topics.  

To progress to the certification audit stage, the company have fully completed the self-assessment and uploaded evidence for all sub-requirements;  accepted the self-assessment summary; and signed the B Lab Agreement.  

At this point, you will be required to pay a submission fee. B Lab will then assign an assurance provider who will schedule and conduct an audit with your company.

Once the company is assigned a B Lab-approved assurance provider, the company will work with the assurance provider to contract and plan for the third-party audit. Once the audit is scheduled and planned, the assurance provider will communicate an audit plan. The company will have a chance to review the audit plan and notify the assurance provider if they have any scheduling conflicts. 

Once an audit plan has been communicated and agreed on, the company and assurance provider will proceed with the scheduled audit. Audits will be conducted remotely, onsite, or using a combination of the two methods, depending on the company’s certification track.

For all audits, the assurance provider will provide an audit report, including a corrective action report, to the company within 30 calendar days from the closing meeting. The corrective action report is a documented report that includes the major and minor nonconformities identified by the audit team. The audit report will document both evidence of conformity and nonconformity for each applicable requirement. 

After the assurance provider communicates nonconformities to the company in the audit report and the corrective action report, companies will have a chance to correct nonconformities in order to achieve certification.

Certification decisions are made at every audit, whether it is to grant, maintain or deny certification. The assurance provider will determine whether evidence submitted by the end of the nonconformity review process is sufficient to make a certification decision. The decision will be made and communicated (including the certificate, if applicable) to the company.  The B Corp certification is valid for five years.  

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At this point, companies will be required to pay the certification fee.

After receiving the certificate, B Lab will send the B Lab License Agreement. A company can use the B Corp logo and claims once the agreement is signed, and the licence has been issued by B Lab. B Lab will add the company to the B Corp Directory,  which will include information on the company’s certification scope, license scope (the brands eligible to use the B Corp logo), and status. 

Your company is audited throughout the certification cycle with the frequency being determined based on the size and sector of the company. Companies will generally be expected to advance their actions over a five-year period—initially meeting the Year 0 requirements, then gradually complying with Year 3 and Year 5 requirements.