SCV – Home to Two Certified B Corporations SCV Companies Making an Impact on Their Employees, Community, and Environment

Along with Women’s Appreciation month, March is also B-Corp month. Many people want to partner with, work for, buy from, and invest in companies they believe in. Two Santa Clarita Valley companies have become B Corporations demonstrating commitment to their employees, community, and the environment.   
B Corporations are for-profit companies, certified by a nonprofit called B Lab. In order to earn the certification, companies must achieve a 80/200 score on B Lab’s stringent assessment, which is split into four parts – Governance, Workers, Community, and Environment.  
B Corporation Certification balances purpose and profit and is the most influential way to demonstrate credibility, trust, and value in a company. B Corp Certification is the only certification that measures a company’s entire social and environmental performance. The assessment that is completed to become a B Corp evaluates how your company’s operations and business model impact your workers, community, environment, and customers. These companies are held accountable and are transparent within all areas of their organization; from overall employee benefits, to charitable giving, to their supply chains and manufacturing process, to their carbon footprint. 
Currently there are more than 4,851 Certified B Corporations, within 153 industries, over 78 countries. The Santa Clarita Valley is home to two of these B Corp Certified Businesses – Neotech Products, LLC and AMS Fulfillment – who implemented B Corp values into their business. To pass this rigorous assessment and evaluation, they proved that they meet the highest standards of verified performance. 

Neotech Products is a medical device manufacturer for medically fragile neonates and children – a global leader for disposable products primarily in prenatal intensive care and pediatrics. The team at Neotech takes a new device at conception, engineers it, manufactures it, develops it, tests it, and then sells it.
Craig McCrary, President of Neotech, stated Neotech’s catch phrase is “Making a difference, to the nurses, to the parents, and to the children.” Craig explained that when he and his team learned about being a B Corp, they were surprised that their company was already acting as one before they even knew what it was. Neotech had been implementing charitable initiatives, using tree-free paper to reduce waste, and serving different types of communities, such as underserved patient population and local county hospitals.
AMS Fulfillment is a multi-channel, high-volume shipping, and scalability 3rd party fulfillment services company with over 80 clients across numerous industries.

Tony Shepherd, CFO of AMS Fulfillment and Green Team Lead Representative stated, “Businesses that are doing good and using business as a force of good are under the flag of a B Corp Certification.”  Tony explained that the owners of AMS Fulfillment founded the business on B Corp principles – being socially responsible, doing good by the local community, and doing good by the workforce. Each year B Corp Companies need to be re-certified, in turn, AMS drafted employees to help maintain the B Corp standards. They become influencers for the company’s environmental objectives and sustainability.

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