Menzies celebrates B Corp certification

As Menzies appears to be like to advance its sustainability, inclusion and objective efforts, it has gained B Corp certification. The information sees it grow to be one in all solely three dozen counterparts to obtain B Corp recognition.

Licensed B Firms, or B Corps, are corporations verified to fulfill the requirements of non-profit B Lab’s requirements of social and environmental efficiency, transparency, and accountability. The B Corp neighborhood within the UK is the fastest-growing on the planet, with greater than 2,600 corporations spanning a variety of various industries and sizes, together with Harmless Drinks, Patagonia, Finisterre, Elemis, and Sipsmith Gin.

Nevertheless, at the same time as plenty of skilled companies companies look to affix the collective – together with Enfuse Group, BIP, OC&C Technique Consultants, and Campbell Tickell in recent times – the accounting sector continues to lag in uptake. Within the UK, fewer than 40 companies within the sector have grow to be B Corps.

The latest of those is Menzies. Based in 1912, Menzies is headquartered in London with protection nationally, and a turnover of £110 million. With greater than 1,100 advisors in audit, tax and advisory companies, the corporate is stationed throughout 11 areas UK huge.

Simon Massey, managing companion at Menzies, stated, “B Corp certification displays the values which have lengthy formed how we do enterprise at Menzies. As an impartial, partner-led agency, accountability to our folks, shoppers and communities is not only a price however a manner of doing enterprise, and that turns into extra necessary, not much less, as we proceed to scale. Turning into a B Corp just isn’t the tip of a journey, however an necessary milestone in our ongoing dedication to constructing a extra sustainable, inclusive, and purpose-driven enterprise.”

The certification displays Menzies’ long-standing dedication to ESG and sustainability companies. This consists of the expansion of its specialist advisory group to help organisations with ESG technique, reporting, carbon discount planning, and B Corp certification readiness.

Chris Turner, CEO of B Lab UK, added, “We’re delighted to welcome Menzies to the B Corp neighborhood. It is a motion of corporations which might be dedicated to altering how enterprise operates and consider enterprise actually generally is a power for good. We all know that Menzies goes to be a incredible addition to the neighborhood and can proceed driving the dialog ahead.”