Business transparency: What Progeny learned on its B Corp journey

'The biggest challenge pre-assessment is to try and understand the scope'

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For any advisory firms currently contemplating B Corp certification, Craig Cuthbert shares some of Progeny's key lessons learned from pre, during and post-assessment...

This summer, Progeny became B Corp Certified, following a rigorous and lengthy assessment process. This makes us one of a small but growing number of B Corp UK wealth management companies, who are verified as meeting high and improving standards of social and environmental impact. It's fair to say that we've learned a lot since we first considered embarking on the B Corp journey. The gift of hindsight is a wonderful thing as they say, and there are certainly things that we could have approached or done differently. For any advisory firms who are currently contemplating B Corp certific...

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