OVUM

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Somerset, United Kingdom

Certified Since

February 2024

Industry

Other retail sale

Sector

Wholesale/Retail

Operates In

United Kingdom

Does your company do any of the following to manage the impact and value created for your customers or consumers? We offer product / service guarantees, warranties, or protection policies We have third party quality certifications or accreditations We have formal quality control mechanisms We have feedback / customer service feedback or complaint mechanisms We monitor customer or consumer satisfaction We assess the outcomes produced for our customers through the use of our product or service We have written policies in place for ethical marketing, advertisement, or customer engagement We manage the privacy and security of client / customer data

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, OVUM earned an overall score of 91.7. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
91.7
91.7 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 21.2

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 & Engagement4.5
Ethics & Transparency6.7
+ 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.


Community 51.3

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, & Inclusion16.0
Economic Impact14.6
Civic Engagement & Giving4.7
Supply Chain Management8.0

Environment 14.7

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 Management3.4
Air & Climate3.1
Water0.5
Land & Life3.5

Customers 4.4

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 Stewardship4.4


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2024 Overall B Impact Score91.7

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