This workshop is for B Corps navigating the role of stakeholder engagement in the new standards. While Purpose & Stakeholder Governance establishes stakeholder accountability as a foundational legal and structural requirement, effective, continuous engagement is the essential engine for achieving and maintaining compliance across the entire new framework. This session will analyze how robust stakeholder dialogue directly supports all the new mandates—from conducting necessary Human Rights due diligence and enabling Fair Work via embedded worker voice, to setting ambitious Climate Action targets and driving meaningful Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) initiatives.
The workshop will identify these critical compliance touchpoints and equip attendees with tangible resources and actionable strategies for dramatically improving their internal and external engagement skills, ensuring their companies can successfully meet the new standards and lead systemic change toward an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.
By the end of the session, participants will:
- Learn how effective, continuous stakeholder dialogue actively drives every dimension of the new B Lab Standards V2.
- Understand why stakeholder accountability stands as a foundational legal and structural requirement of the new standards and that clearly understanding its role is the essential first step toward confident, meaningful compliance across all Impact Topics.
- Learn how the entire organization grows stronger, more resilient, and more just when workers actively shape the conditions of their own work through embedded voice in governance structures.
- Be equipped with tangible resources and actionable strategies for improving both internal and external engagement practices, giving B Corps the practical confidence to meet the new standards and lead meaningful systemic change.
