SproutWorld
Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
April 2022
Wood & wood products
Wholesale/Retail
Denmark,
Poland,
United States
At SproutWorld, sustainability is deep in our DNA. Inspiring people and companies to take eco-friendly actions is our passion. We’ve sold over 50 million plantable Sprout pencils so far – pencils you can plant after use and grow into flowers, herbs, vegetables, and even trees. As an extension of our patent on “plantable writing instruments”, we launched a new product in 2021: a sustainable, high-quality, Allery Certified makeup liner that you can plant after the end of use and grow into wildflowers. It’s the only one in the world that has a seed capsule in the end so that you can give it a second life. Acting sustainably can be overwhelming, and at SproutWorld we believe that small things lead to big change. Our philosophy is: okay if I can plant a pencil or makeup liner after use, what else can I do for the environment in my everyday life? In SproutWorld, we work with innovation by adding a second dimension to an already-known everyday product by applying a second life to it. We want to minimize the end-of-life aspect. Our products showcase in an easily understandable way the loop of a circular economy. At SproutWorld we add value to both the product but also our planet by connecting our patented seed capsule to the products.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 17.3
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 17.3
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 25.4
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 18.5
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 40.3
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.
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 4.0
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.