March 2016 - ESOP Builders

B Corps and ESOPs – Best of Both Worlds

Posted on March 29, 2016 at 10:05 am.

Updated December 2022

A new business certification called B Corp is becoming a leading business innovation, and the model works extremely well with an ESOP.

B Corp companies have a mission to maximize “stakeholder value.” Stakeholders include employees, community and the environment, in addition to shareholders. Consider it like certification of a LEED building or Fair trade coffee, but for companies.

Does Happiness Create Success in Business?

Posted on March 19, 2016 at 12:43 am.

Written by esopadmin

In a meta analysis of 225 academic studies by Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King and Ed Diener (as reported in the 2012 Harvard Business Review) it was shown that happy employees have a higher productivity rate by 31%, increased sales by 37% and are 3 times more innovative and creative.

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