Cove Financial Planning, LLC

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Wisconsin, United States

Certified Since

April 2024

Industry

Investment advising

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

United States

Cove Financial Planning is a fiduciary, fee-only Registered Investment Advisor focused on comprehensive financial planning and socially responsible investment management. Cove has offices in Milwaukee, WI, Evanston, IL and St. Louis Park, MN and works with clients virtually across the country. Their mission is to help individuals and families align their financial plan and investments with their future goals as well as their core values. Ultimately, they can help you Do Well While Doing Good!

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Cove Financial Planning, LLC earned an overall score of 111.4. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
111.4
111.4 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 13.5

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.

Mission & Engagement0.1
Ethics & Transparency3.3
+ Mission Locked10

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.


Community 24.4

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.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion5.2
Economic Impact7.0
Civic Engagement & Giving9.2

Environment 5.0

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.

Environmental Management1.4
Air & Climate0.3
Water0.0
Land & Life1.0

Customers 68.3

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.

Customer Stewardship2.6
+ Portfolio Reporting3.7
+ Targeted for Investment25
+ Leadership & Outreach4.2
+ Investment Criteria20.7
+ Portfolio Management12

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.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2024 Overall B Impact Score111.4

Additional Documentation

Financial Planning Brochure


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