Craft Courses Limited

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

Certified Since

December 2021

Industry

Arts & entertainment

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

United Kingdom

CraftCourses.com launched in 2011 with a mission to help UK Makers earn a sustainable living from sharing their fascinating skills. Today it has grown to a community of 6,000 craftspeople and artists, offering a vast choice of creative courses, kits and handmade items to browse, book or order. From glassblowing to blacksmithing, life drawing to photography, pottery to sculpture, there is something for everyone! With a passion to get more people making, enrich lives and keep important, craft skills alive, CraftCourses.com started life as a one-woman start-up and is now run by a small, dedicated team based in the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire. Being a Certified B Corp has just made our Christmas ! Come and get inspired and make 2022 a creative one.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Craft Courses Limited earned an overall score of 83.8. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
83.8
83.8 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 14.0

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 & Engagement1.9
Ethics & Transparency2.1
+ 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.


Workers 29.5

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.

Financial Security8.8
Health, Wellness, & Safety4.0
Career Development4.6
Engagement & Satisfaction8.1

Community 16.2

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.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion6.2
Economic Impact5.7
Civic Engagement & Giving2.2

Environment 10.1

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 Management4.4
Air & Climate1.3
Water0.3
Land & Life3.2

Customers 13.9

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 Stewardship5.0
+ Education8.9

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 Score83.8
2021 Overall B Impact Score87.4

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