B CORPS WITH LOCATIONS IN MAINE
We’re a community of businesses committed to being a force for good
Mascoma Bank
Certified Since: June 2017
Maine Location: Portland, Maine
Headquarters: New Hampshire
Sector: Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
Mascoma Bank is different by design. Established in 1899 as a mutual bank, Mascoma Bank is committed to remaining independent and reinvesting profits into the community. The focus at Mascoma Bank has always been—and will always be—on serving customers. Mascoma Bank offers the security of a long-term relationship, one that helps customers get things done locally. Mascoma Bank’s Maine team is providing customers with residential mortgage, private banking, treasury management and commercial lending services. Through Mascoma Community Development, the Bank also provides customers with new market tax credit, historic tax credit and low-income tax credit financing. Learn more at mascomabank.com/maine. Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.
Athleta
Certified Since: May 2018
Location: Portland, Maine
Headquarters: California
Sector: Wholesale / Retail
Athleta creates versatile premium performance apparel designed by women athletes to inspire a community of active, confident women and girls to reach their limitless potential. Founded in 1998, Athleta integrates performance and technical features across its collection to carry a woman through her life in motion – from yoga and training to commute and travel. In 2016 the company launched Athleta Girl mirroring its signature performance in styles for the next generation. Based in San Francisco, CA and a Gap Inc. brand (NYSE: GPS). Athleta’s Power of She campaign and brand experience celebrate inclusivity and the power of women and girls uplifting one another. Through the Gap Inc. P.A.C.E. program and Fair Trade U.S.A., the brand supports programs directly impacting the lives of the majority-female workers creating its apparel. Additionally, 40% of Athleta apparel is made of recycled and sustainable materials, tracking to its goal of 80% by 2020. Athleta also offers thousands of free fitness and wellness events each year and in 2017 supported nearly 10,000 hours of employee volunteering in the community. Hill City* is also excited to be part of the B Corp community. Hill City is a men’s performance lifestyle brand that offers.
Ben & Jerry’s
Certified Since: September 2012
Location: Various locations throughout Maine
Headquarters: Vermont
Sector: Manufacturing
Ben & Jerry’s produces a wide variety of super-premium ice cream and ice cream novelties, using high-quality ingredients including milk and cream from family farmers who do not treat their cows with the synthetic hormone rBGH. Ben and Jerry’s products are distributed nationwide and in selected foreign countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, franchise Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops, restaurants and other venues. Ben & Jerry’s overall mission is to make the best product they can, be economically sustainable, and at the same time, create positive social change – specifically to advance new models of economic justice that are both sustainable and replicable. Ben & Jerry’s has a progressive, nonpartisan Social Mission that seeks to meet human needs and eliminate injustices in our local, national and international communities. They have long supported nonviolent initiatives that seek to achieve peace. In all of their dealings, they are guided by a mission statement which makes the community’s quality of life integral to and inseparable from our product and financial goals.
FatFace
Certified Since: April 2023
Location: Portland, Maine
Headquarters: Hampshire, United Kingdom
Sector: Wholesale/Retail
FatFace is a British, family, lifestyle clothing brand that is Made for Life. With a unique heritage, FatFace creates product ranges across womenswear, menswear and kidswear, footwear and accessories for the whole family to live life in. FatFace products are designed with purpose and built to last. FatFace is a multichannel retailer with a thriving international digital business as well as over 180 stores in the UK, over 25 stores in the US and Canada and a highly engaged social community. FatFace is a brand with sustainability at its core with clear strategy around three key pillars – product, planet, and community. Product FatFace is committed to using more responsibly sourced materials and ensuring they work with factories that share their values and meet the highest standards. Planet FatFace measures and minimise their impact on the environment from their carbon footprint, the energy they use and the management of their waste. Community FatFace want to create a positive impact with their own people, the communities they source from and the locations they trade in. FatFace are devoted to style and dedicated to sustainability. FatFace Made for Life.
Patagonia
Certified Since: December 2011
Location: Freeport, Maine
Headquarters: California
Sector: Apparel
Core Values Patagonia, Inc.'s values reflect those of a business started by a band of climbers and surfers, and the minimalist style they promoted. The approach they take toward product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility. Build the best product Their criteria for the best product rests on function, repairability, and, foremost, durability. Among the most direct ways they can limit ecological impacts is with goods that last for generations or can be recycled so the materials in them remain in use. Making the best product matters for saving the planet. Cause no unnecessary harm They know that their business activity—from lighting stores to dyeing shirts—is part of the problem. They work steadily to change their business practices and share what they’ve learned. But they recognize that this is not enough. They seek not only to do less harm, but more good. Use business to protect nature The challenges faced as a society require leadership. Once they identify a problem, they act. They embrace risk and act to protect and restore the stability, integrity and beauty of the web of life. Not bound by convention Their success—and much of the fun—lies in developing new ways to do things.
Trampoline Design
Certified Since: June 2023
Location: Bath, Maine
Headquarters: New York
Sector: Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
Trampoline Design is a women-owned creative agency that eschews the predictable. We have been providing creative and communication services for clients in the industries of destination marketing, higher education, healthcare, and diverse nonprofit since we incorporated in 2003. At the core of what we do is brand stewardship, whether we create, update, or work within an existing brand. It is our duty and privilege to help it grow and take root to its fullest potential. The process of taking projects from concept to execution across varied budgets and platforms requires shared vision and trust. Our team works collaboratively. We approach our work considering what will happen after the project, which is to say, our goal isn’t just to complete a deliverable, it is to create sustainable momentum.
We’re also really fun to work with, which we think comes through in the materials we create and the relationships we build along the way.
Take a look here —> trampolinedesign.com
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Being a B Corp means we’re modeling the way in corporate-social responsibility - taking the reins rather than waiting for others to solve our problems for us. I’m proud to work at Androscoggin Bank, B-corp. And I can’t wait to see more Maine companies follow our lead. “
– Genevieve Hering, VP, Business Intelligence at Androscoggin Bank
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“Wicked Joe became a B Corp, initially, to give ourselves a “report card” on how impactful our work really is.
With all the claims made by so many companies, it’s difficult for the consumer to gauge how legit the claims made by many companies really are. B Corp provides a third-party, impartial evaluation and validation of our team's hard work. Today, we like that our public commitment and pledge made to the B Corp ideals keeps us accountable to both our customers and ourselves as we continue to strive for excellence.
– Bob Garver, Owner of Wicked Joe