Meat-free challenger, Better Nature Tempeh, the UK’s leading tempeh brand on a mission to get to get 500 million people eating tempeh as a protein staple by 2030, has become the category’s top scoring B Corp businesses in the UK, with a B impact score of 99.7, more than 20% higher than the industry average.
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies that use business as a force for good, verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
Better Nature Tempeh, which is currently crowdfunding on Seedrs, scored especially highly for its exemplary people and planet-friendly practices, from its commitment to producing low-carbon certified meat-free products to its progressive and inclusive business practices.
Dr. Driando Ahnan-Winarno, Co-founder at Better Nature Tempeh says:
“As a mission-led meat-free brand, being the highest scoring B Corp in the sector in the UK is a huge accolade.
“The meat-free category has had a turbulent time of late, but there is a huge opportunity for clean-label, minimally processed meat-free brands that are good for people and the planet.
“Certification is a big part of that. Our Organic Tempeh is Certified Organic and our entire range is Certified Non-GMO, Zero Deforestation, and Indigenous People & Ecosystem Protection.
“We’re leading the charge for nutritious, sustainable, plant-forward food, and to add being a B Corp into the mix is really exciting.”
As well as its rigorous environmental standards, the brand also received exceptionally high B Corp scores for Governance,Customers, and Community.
Ahnan-Winarno continues:
“Our commitment to doing business in a better way is embedded in our constitution, from our innovative career progression framework to remove bias and promote transparency, to free mental health care and monthly team ‘belonging’ talks. It’s about creating a diverse, inclusive and equal community where people thrive.
“The world has never been more in need of simple, nutritious, plant based foods, made in an ethical and sustainable way. Our B Corp certification is a huge morale boost to keep us pushing towards our mission of helping more people live healthier lives through tempeh, empowering us to reach more resources to do business the better way, and connecting us to a global community that shares the same values around health, environmental sustainability, and inclusivity.
“This is just the start of our B Corp journey. From here, we will be continuing to push ahead to reach our sustainability goals; doubling down on our Net Zero strategy improvement and execution, increasing our reach of preventing childhood malnutrition in Indonesia, and honing how the business is run for all our stakeholders.”
How Better Nature is using business as a force for good
- The brand is at the forefront of the new generation of clean-label, planet-friendly, plant- forward food: Their tempeh is wholesome, nutritious, and 100% natural.
- Their range is sustainably made to the highest standards and is certified Non GMO, Zero Deforestation, Soil Protection and Indigenous People & Ecosystem Protection. The Organic Tempeh is certified Organic.
- Their range has a low carbon footprint verified by My Emissions farm to fork analysis, which covers how ingredients are grown to how products are cooked at home.
- 1% of their sales go to the charity YUM to help tackle malnutrition in Indonesia, the home of tempeh.
- They promote a diverse, equal and inclusive community as a female and minority-founded and owned business.
- Team wellbeing is prioritised through flexible working, free mental health care, monthly ‘belonging’ talks and a clear progression framework to remove bias and promote transparency.
- They work with mission-aligned partners who have signed the brand’s Ethics & Sustainability Policy that sets out how they operate as a business.
Better Nature’s Seedrs crowdfund campaign is open now: www.seedrs.com/betternaturetempeh
Source: Better Nature Tempeh
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