Maria Nila AB

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Skåne County, Sweden

Certified Since

August 2024

Industry

Personal care products

Sector

Manufacturing

Operates In

Albania,

Australia,

Austria,

Belgium,

Bulgaria,

Canada,

Croatia (Hrvatska),

Cyprus,

Czech Republic,

Denmark,

Estonia,

Finland,

France,

Germany,

Greece,

Hungary,

Iceland,

Ireland,

Italy,

Kuwait,

Latvia,

Liechtenstein,

Lithuania,

Luxembourg,

Malta,

Netherlands The,

Norway,

Poland,

Portugal,

Russia,

Slovakia,

Slovenia,

Spain,

Sweden,

Switzerland,

Turkey,

United Arab Emirates,

United Kingdom,

United States

Established in 1999, Maria Nila proudly presents a full range of 100% vegan professional haircare, styling, and colour, produced in our factory in Sweden – shipped to salons and consumers in 40 countries around the world. Our products are developed out of our love for animals, which along with our ambitious charity program and climate compensation forms a foundation for our business that acts in solidarity with our wildlife, nature, and communities. By providing high-quality products produced in Sweden to professionals and consumers around the world, we make it easier for everyone to take a step toward a friendlier future.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Maria Nila AB earned an overall score of 114.3. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
114.3
114.3 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 8.4

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 & Engagement2.6
Ethics & Transparency3.3
+ Mission Locked2.5

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 20.6

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 Security2.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety6.4
Career Development2.4
Engagement & Satisfaction4.9

Community 38.2

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, & Inclusion3.2
Economic Impact3.0
Civic Engagement & Giving2.9
Supply Chain Management5.1
+ Designed to Give23.8

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.


Environment 43.6

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 Management5.6
Air & Climate8.9
Water1.4
Land & Life4.2
+ Environmentally Innovative Manufacturing Process22.7

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 3.3

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 Stewardship3.3


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2024 Overall B Impact Score114.3

Additional Documentation

MARIA NILA AB Transparent Disclosure 2024


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