ChangeIt® is excited to announce their complete certification as a B Corporation. ChangeIt® is the first company in the City of Kitchener and the first member of the innovative Communitech Hub community to join this powerful social and environmental movement. As leaders of a movement around the globe with a mandate to redefine success in business, Certified B Corporations distinguish themselves by voluntarily striving to meet a higher standard of transparency, accountability, and performance. ChangeIt® strives to add value to each and every stakeholder, benefiting the numerous communities nationwide that we work with every day.

Becoming B Corporation certified supports our efforts to act as agents for change and follow our mission to make charitable giving a part of every person’s everyday purchases. “We are thrilled to be an early member of this powerful B Corp movement,” said David Beaton, President & CEO at ChangeIt®. “We started this company with a goal of truly incubating philanthropy among the masses; Partnering with B Lab and becoming a Certified B Corp provides us with a true measure of our impact and clarity on how we can continue to strive for excellence as we grow our business.”

To learn more about our B Corporation Certification, our complete ChangeIt® B Impact Report can be found at www.bcorporation.net/community/directory/changeit.

About ChangeIt®

ChangeIt® is an innovative charitable giving platform that harnesses today’s rapid shift to cashless transactions by providing users with a patent protected charitable giving program that enables them to support their favourite charities and non-profit organizations with every electronic purchase.

ChangeIt® automatically rounds up users purchases based on their customized preferences (e.g. nearest dollar), creating Virtual Change®, which is automatically directed to the charitable organizations THEY choose. Whether filling your car with gas or buying your favourite specialty coffee, ChangeIt® enables you to help those in need every time you make a purchase for yourself!

About B Corp

Certified B Corporations 1) meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance; 2) legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of stakeholder interests; and 3) build collective voice through the power of the unifying B Corporation brand. As of January 2013, there are over 660 Certified B Corporations from over 60 industries, representing a diverse multi-billion dollar marketplace active in more than 20 countries.

About B Lab

B Lab is a non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between “good companies” and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab’s GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.

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ChangeIt® is an innovative charitable giving platform that harnesses today's rapid shift to cashless transactions by providing user with a patent protected charitable giving program that enables users to support their favourite charities and non-profit organizations with every electronic purchase.

ChangeIt® automatically rounds up users purchases based on their customized preferences (e.g., nearest dollar), creating Virtual Change®, which is automatically directed to the charitable organizations THEY choose.

Whether filling your car with gas or buying your favourite specialty coffee, ChangeIt® enables you to help those in need every time you make a purchase for yourself!

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