What is Shoremount's relationship with B Corp?

Shoremount

Shoremount was one of the Founding UK B Corps in 2015.

John Featherby - the Founder of Shoremount - was approached in 2013/14 and asked if he would be interested to become involved with the B Corp movement as part of the B Lab's Founding Cohort in the UK. The intent was to launch the movement with a team sheet of businesses and people to generate interest and impact, hence why Shoremount was asked.

Shoremount enthusiastically agreed and became one of the UK's first Certified B Corps in 2015 as part of the Founding Cohort and has been re-certified since.

John Featherby

Ambassador, B Lab

John Featherby himself was invited to become an Ambassador for B Lab. In that role he speaks at events, is interviewed for general media, attends gatherings etc to promote awareness and understanding of the B Corp movement and the idea it represents.

As a recent example, John was one of the keynotes speakers alongside John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, at the 2021 Growth Investor Awards, attended by 450 of the UK's leading growth investors.

Outside Verifier Pilot

John was invited to be part of a pilot programme of around 12 people from around the world to explore how B Lab could expand its verification resources.

This involved undertaking the training that the B Lab Analysts pass through in order to become a fully approved Verification Analyst.

B Leader

A "B Leader" is someone who B Lab UK has provided some basic training for on how the B Corp movement works at large and how to support a company through the process.