Opencast

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Certified Since

June 2024

Industry

Web portals

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

United Kingdom

Opencast is a fast-growing UK technology consultancy, specialising in designing, building and running human-focused digital solutions. Working at the heart of UK government, healthcare, financial services and innovative business, what makes Opencast different is the qualities of its people, which underpin the values it embraces and the way it works with its clients. Opencast delivers improved digital experiences, better operational performance, responsible emerging tech and innovation, and enhanced insights through data to develop solutions that support critical systems and services and help for millions of people.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Opencast earned an overall score of 89.8. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
89.8
89.8 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 13.7

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 & Engagement0.1
Ethics & Transparency3.6
+ 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 34.1

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 Security12.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.1
Career Development5.8
Engagement & Satisfaction6.8

Community 16.7

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, & Inclusion6.3
Economic Impact4.5
Civic Engagement & Giving4.3
Supply Chain Management0.0

Environment 8.3

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 Management1.8
Air & Climate3.1
Water0.5
Land & Life2.7

Customers 16.8

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 Stewardship3.7
+ Support for Underserved/Purpose Driven Enterprises13

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 Score89.8

Additional Documentation

Opencast Software Transparent Disclosure, 2024


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