B Corp recertification under B Lab V2.1:

Practical enablement across all 7 impact topics

Virtual webinar · March 23

B Corp recertification has fundamentally changed. V2.1 moves the standard away from points-based scoring toward minimum requirements, third-party assurance, and a continuous improvement model. For currently certified B Corps, that shift raises real operational questions. This session gives you clear, practical answers.

Date

March 23, 2026

Time

5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT

Format

Virtual webinar

Cost

Free

Why this matters now

V2.1 isn’t a refinement. It’s a new operating model for B Corp certification.

Companies that achieved B Corp certification under earlier versions of the B Impact Assessment (BIA) are encountering something meaningfully different in V2.1. The shift from a points-accumulation model to a requirements-driven standard — with mandatory minimums across impact topics, third-party assurance expectations, and a structured five-year improvement pathway — changes how organizations need to think about, plan for, and operationalize their certification.

For many certified B Corps, the gap between where they are today and where V2.1 requires them to be isn’t immediately visible. The hardest gaps tend to show up in climate action and carbon accounting, fair work and compensation structures, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI), and governance documentation. And because V2.1 emphasizes audit-ready evidence — not just good-faith effort — the operational work required to close those gaps is more rigorous than many teams expect.

This webinar is designed to make that work navigable. Greenplaces and Culture Amp bring complementary expertise across the full V2.1 standard to give you a practical, cross-functional roadmap — not just a framework overview.

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What’s covered

A practical session built around what V2.1 actually requires of you

Every topic in this webinar is anchored to operational reality — what evidence looks like, where gaps commonly appear, and what your team needs to do differently to meet V2.1’s requirements-driven standard.

What has changed under B Lab V2.1

A clear breakdown of the shift from points-based scoring to minimum requirements, third-party assurance, and continuous improvement expectations — and what that means for certified B Corps navigating recertification for the first time under the new standard.

Where certified B Corps are most frequently falling short under V2.1, particularly across climate action, fair work, JEDI commitments, and governance documentation. Knowing where to look first saves months of misdirected effort.

How to move from V2.1’s framework language to concrete evidence expectations across all seven impact topics — community, customers, environment, governance, workers, climate action, and JEDI. What “audit-ready” looks like in practice for each one.

Why early planning across V2.1’s structured improvement pathway is critical — and how to sequence your work so you’re building toward third-party assurance readiness, not scrambling toward it.

How V2.1 formalizes stakeholder consideration requirements in governance processes, what documentation your verification team will expect, and how to build governance evidence that holds up to scrutiny.

How to use the V2.1 recertification process not just as a compliance exercise but as a genuine opportunity to embed B Corp principles into day-to-day operations — and how integrated systems support that shift over time.

Meet the speakers

Practitioners with real V2.1 experience across climate, people, and governance

This session brings together expertise from two certified B Corps who have worked directly with organizations navigating V2.1’s requirements — across the sustainability reporting, carbon accounting, and people operations domains where the hardest recertification gaps tend to appear.

Speaker
Andrew Rizkallah

Director of Sustainability Reporting, Greenplaces

Andrew leads sustainability reporting at Greenplaces, a certified B Corp and official B Lab implementation partner. He works directly with organizations navigating B Corp certification and recertification, with deep expertise in carbon accounting, Scope 1–3 emissions methodology, and the climate action requirements under V2.1.

Speaker
Aubrey Blanche

ESG Advisor, Culture Amp

Aubrey is an ESG Advisor at Culture Amp, a certified B Corp and global leader in employee experience. She brings deep expertise in JEDI, fair work standards, and governance — the people-side impact topics where V2.1 has introduced the most significant new requirements for recertifying organizations.

Co-hosted by

Greenplaces
Certified B Corp · Carbon accounting and sustainability reporting platform · B Lab implementation partner

Culture Amp
Certified B Corp · Global leader in employee experience, engagement, and performance

Save your seat

This session is especially valuable if you’re preparing for your first recertification under V2.1

Whether your next verification cycle is six months away or two years out, the operational groundwork required under V2.1 takes time to build. The earlier your team has a clear picture of what’s required — and where your current program falls short — the more manageable the path forward becomes.

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Go deeper

More from Greenplaces on B Corp certification and sustainability reporting

Greenplaces is a certified B Corp and an official implementation partner for organizations pursuing or maintaining B Corp certification. Our platform and professional services team support companies through the B Impact Assessment, carbon accounting for V2.1’s climate action requirements, and the sustainability reporting programs that keep B Corp principles operational year over year.