UK specialty coffee roaster Climpson & Sons attains B Corp certification

Climpson & Sons operates two cafés, a roastery and a training academy in London | Photo credit: Climpson & Sons

UK specialty coffee roaster Climpson & Sons has attained B Corp accreditation as part of wider efforts to enhance its environmental sustainability. 
 

B Corp certified companies are businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance and are evaluated by B Lab across five impact areas – governance, workers, community, environment and customers.  

Candidates must score a minimum of 80 points across impact areas to become B Corp-certified and must recomplete the assessment every three years. 

Climpson & Sons, which operates two cafés, a roastery and a training academy in London, scored a remarkable 110.4 in its B Impact Assessment, compared to a global average of 50.9.   

The specialty coffee roaster, which supplies approximately 350 businesses across the UK, scored particularly highly in the workers and community segments, highlighting its commitment to employee well-being and community engagement.  

Currently, over 50% of Climpson & Sons’ workforce is female or female-identifying. The business also operates a career pathway programme to help café employees develop skills suited to other roles in the company, including roasting, account management and IT. 

“Whilst B Corp and certifications aren't the 'be-all and end-all' when it comes to sustainability it has been a really interesting process. I've had to examine and consider different aspects and metrics of what a sustainable business could look like; through measuring carbon emissions to governance and operations as a business and our supply chain,” said Nicole Ferris, Managing Director.