Greenline Community Ventures LLC

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Colorado, United States

Certified Since

October 2015

Industry

Equity investing - Developed Markets

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

United States

Greenline Community Ventures LLC is a minority-controlled and employee-owned investment management firm that specializes in delivering capital to business and communities that are underserved by traditional capital providers. Our mission is to 1) improve the flow of capital into underserved communities and 2) motivate market rate capital to invest in community priorities. We leverage our knowledge, experience and relationships to serve the capital needs of low income communities and to create sustainable outcomes. The members of Greenline possess significant knowledge, experience and skills in investment banking, commercial lending, community development and asset management.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Greenline Community Ventures LLC earned an overall score of 97.7. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
97.7
97.7 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 14.7

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.

Mission & Engagement0.9
Ethics & Transparency3.8
+ 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 31.3

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 Security15.7
Health, Wellness, & Safety7.8
Career Development0.7
Engagement & Satisfaction4.2

Community 15.9

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, & Inclusion7.6
Economic Impact3.9
Civic Engagement & Giving2.2

Environment 3.5

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 Management0.4
Air & Climate0.5
Water0.0
Land & Life2.5

Customers 32.1

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.

Customer Stewardship0.4
+ Mission Lock1.8
+ Past Performance4.9
+ Current Fund6.7
+ Positive Impact7.5
+ Portfolio Reporting4.5
+ Capacity Building3.2
+ Fund Governance3

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

2022 Overall B Impact Score97.7
2017 Overall B Impact Score110.7
2015 Overall B Impact Score106.4

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