Measure To Improve, LLC
California, United States
February 2023
Environmental consulting
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
United States
When you work with Measure to Improve, you have access to an entire team of sustainability experts. Our expert team members are specialized in a diverse set of sustainability and agriculture-related topics and can help any fresh produce organization with its sustainability efforts. Whether you're just starting a program, looking for additional support, or seeking guidance, Measure to Improve can help. What Inspires us at Measure to Improve? - We want to help define what sustainability means for the fresh produce industry and communicate its economic, social, and environmental benefits - We want to move the industry forward through supply-chain-wide collaboration - We want to guide companies in adopting sustainability programs and practices that increase profitability, market visibility, and employee engagement - We encourage the fresh produce industry to take a proactive approach that addresses sustainability in a meaningful way, rather than wait until it becomes dictated OUR MISSION Support fresh produce industry producers and processors in measuring, improving, and building credible sustainability programs that generate environmental, social and financial benefits OUR VISION Shape a sustainable fresh produce industry that is resilient, healthy, collaborative, and pros
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 15.5
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.
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 15.5
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.
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 28.2
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 23.8
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 7.2
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.
Customers 26.9
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.
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.