The B Corp Movement: A Systematic Literature Review

This work develops a systematic literature review on the B Corp movement. Fifty articleswere identified in the Web of Science and Scopus databases until 2020. Results show that it is anincipient field with great potential. There are two topics repeatedly addressed in the analyzedpublications: the mo...

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Authors: Diez Busto, Elsa|||0000-0002-1631-3189, Sánchez Ruiz, Lidia, Fernández Laviada, Ana|||0000-0002-4517-1124
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/21180
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/21180
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Systematic literature review
B Corp
SDG
2030 Agenda
Impact
Sustainability
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Summary:This work develops a systematic literature review on the B Corp movement. Fifty articleswere identified in the Web of Science and Scopus databases until 2020. Results show that it is anincipient field with great potential. There are two topics repeatedly addressed in the analyzedpublications: the motivations of companies to be certified, and the economic and social effects thatoccur after certification. Sustainability is currently the reference journal in the field, since it haspublished a total of five articles. Finally, several lines of future work are proposed, such as thecontribution of B Corp companies to the SDGs; the development of case studies on the certificationprocess itself; and the development of methods for measuring social impact