Alima Cosmetics, Inc.
Oregon, United States
December 2008
Personal care products
Manufacturing
United States
Alima Pure™ makes mineral makeup using only the purest cosmetic-grade mineral pigments. Mineral makeup is composed of finely powdered, lab-purified mineral pigments, and nothing more. There are no additives, fillers or fragrances that can irritate your skin or clog your pores. In fact, the pigments they use are actually beneficial to your skin, offering sun protection and anti-inflammatory properties. So you look your best and your skin can breathe. Alima Pure handcrafts their mineral makeup using only the purest ingredients available, so their products wear beautifully and comfortably - pure, simple and without compromise. With a comprehensive line of more than 250 products, Alima Pure cosmetics are perfect for women of all skin types and ethnicities. Their goal is to create gorgeous, safe cosmetics so they can help women around the world look and feel beautiful, naturally. The B Corporation principle "That all business ought to be conducted as if people and place mattered" is entirely aligned with the founding philosophy of Alima Pure and we couldn't have said it better ourselves. We're humbled to stand in the company of other B Corporations as a testament that it's possible to be successful while maintaining environmental and social commitments.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 15.6
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 15.6
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 23.4
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 20.6
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 31.0
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 3.8
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.