GREAT LENGTHS S.p.A. Società Benefit
Province of Viterbo, Italy
January 2022
Other manufacturing
Manufacturing
Argentina,
Austria,
Canada,
Chile,
Colombia,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Dominican Republic,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Hungary,
Iceland,
Ireland,
Italy,
Malta,
Mexico,
Morocco,
Norway,
Poland,
Portugal,
Puerto Rico,
Singapore,
Slovakia,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom,
United States,
Uruguay,
Venezuela
Great Lengths S.p.A. Benefit Corporation founded in Rome by its chairperson Matteo Antonino in 1992, has its headquarters in Nepi (Viterbo, IT) and within the beauty industry, it is renowned as the world’s leading producer of hair extensions made of natural hair. The company’s name, Great Lengths, is a clever pun which references both the idea of making that extra effort, always going above and beyond, as well as conveying the image of their trademark long, sinuous strands of hair. Every single Great Lengths product encapsulates Italian craftsmanship experience, together with the application of increasingly state-of-the-art technology developed the field of hair extensions. Great Lengths remains a manufacturer in its DNA and strives towards progress and change: in 2022 the company joined the B Corp network, to become a spokesperson for an increasingly ethical type of business, by making individual people, the community, and the environment their main priority.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 15.7
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 15.7
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 24.5
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 14.2
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 44.3
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 4.1
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.