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AlertsAs Delaware Registers its First Benefit Corporations, a Conversation With the Early Adopters
"B Corp provides the legal legitimacy to make decisions based on our values and sends a clear signal to our community that our perspective is in their long term benefit."
Submitted by: Aman Singh
Posted: Aug 01, 2013 – 10:11 AM EST
Tags: plum organics, exemplar, rsf social finance, method, farmigo, new leaf, delaware, benefit corporation, bcorp, blab, capitalism, corporate governance, venture capital
Today, Delaware welcomed a record 17 companies to register as Delaware benefit corporations on the statute's first effective date.
Registering companies include home goods brand Method Products, growing organic baby food brand Plum Organics, paper company New Leaf Paper, fair trade food business Alter Eco and Farmigo, the world’s first online personal delivery farmer’s market.
In collaboration with BLab, CSRwire sat down for brief conversations with the signatories on why they decided to sign up as Benefit Corporations and where they hope to see the legislation take their business -- and the economy in the near future.
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