Studio Built on Values, Recognized Officially
Navigate B-Corp certification with guidance that helps your game studio demonstrate commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
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Comprehensive guidance through the B-Corp certification process, helping your game studio align business practices with verified standards for social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.
Application Preparation
You'll receive detailed support in preparing your B-Corp application, understanding each requirement section, and gathering necessary documentation. We help translate your existing practices into the framework B-Corp assessors recognize.
Gap Identification
We assess your current business practices against B-Corp standards, identifying areas where your studio already meets requirements and highlighting opportunities to strengthen alignment before applying.
Implementation Roadmap
Beyond the application itself, you receive guidance on implementing the practices and policies that support B-Corp certification, creating a roadmap for genuine integration of values into your studio operations.
Ongoing Confidence
The process leaves you with clear understanding of maintaining B-Corp status over time, preparing you for recertification and helping you communicate your values-driven approach to stakeholders meaningfully.
The Journey You're Considering
You've built your game studio around values that extend beyond profit, caring about environmental impact, employee wellbeing, and community contribution. You want recognition that validates these commitments and demonstrates to players, partners, and potential team members that your values shape genuine business decisions.
Perhaps you've heard about B-Corp certification and felt drawn to its comprehensive approach to measuring social and environmental performance. But the application process appears complex, and you're uncertain whether your studio's current practices align with certification requirements. You worry about investing time in an application that might reveal gaps you're not prepared to address.
Finding guidance specific to game studios navigating B-Corp certification can feel challenging. The framework was developed primarily for traditional businesses, and translating your studio's unique practices into terms the assessment recognizes requires someone who understands both game development operations and B-Corp expectations.
Our B-Corp Guidance Approach
B Impact Assessment Navigation
We guide you through the B Impact Assessment section by section, helping you understand what each question asks and how to present your studio's practices effectively. Our experience with game studios means we know how to frame development workflows, team structures, and creative processes in ways that demonstrate values alignment.
Practice Documentation Support
We help you document existing values-driven practices you might not have formalized yet. Many game studios already operate with environmental consciousness or employee-centric policies but lack the documentation B-Corp certification requires. We assist in creating this evidence while maintaining authenticity to your actual operations.
Strategic Improvement Planning
Where gaps exist between your current practices and B-Corp standards, we develop realistic improvement plans that respect your studio's resources and timeline. The goal is genuine values integration, not superficial changes made solely for certification. We prioritize adjustments that strengthen both your certification readiness and your actual commitment to responsible business.
The Certification Journey Together
Initial Readiness Assessment
We begin by understanding your studio's current practices across governance, workers, community, environment, and customers. This conversation helps us assess your readiness for B-Corp certification and identify priority areas for development. You'll receive an honest evaluation of where you stand.
Typical duration: 1-2 weeks
Gap Analysis and Planning
Together we review B-Corp requirements in detail, identifying where your practices already align and where improvements would strengthen your application. You receive a prioritized roadmap showing which gaps to address before applying and which can be development goals for later.
Typical duration: 2-3 weeks
Application Preparation
We work through the B Impact Assessment together, helping you articulate your practices in terms the assessment framework recognizes. You'll gather documentation, refine policies, and prepare supporting evidence. This phase involves detailed attention to how your studio operations translate into B-Corp scoring.
Typical duration: 4-6 weeks
Submission and Follow-up
Once your application is submitted, we provide guidance on responding to B-Corp assessor questions and clarification requests. You'll have support in understanding feedback and making any final adjustments requested during the review process. This helps you navigate the certification journey with confidence.
Typical duration: 2-3 weeks (plus B-Corp review time)
Investment in Values-Driven Studio Development
Complete Guidance Package
$2,400
USD
Note: This covers our guidance services only. B-Corp certification fees are paid separately to B Lab and vary based on your studio's annual revenue.
Comprehensive Certification Support
Your investment covers the complete journey from initial readiness assessment through application submission and assessor interaction. You receive experienced guidance at each stage, helping you present your studio's values-driven practices effectively while maintaining authenticity.
What's Included
- • Initial readiness assessment of current practices
- • Detailed gap analysis against B-Corp standards
- • Prioritized improvement roadmap
- • Section-by-section B Impact Assessment guidance
- • Documentation and evidence preparation support
- • Policy development assistance where needed
- • Application review before submission
- • Support responding to assessor questions
- • 60-day email consultation during certification process
Beyond Certification
The process strengthens your studio's values integration regardless of certification outcome. You gain frameworks for measuring social and environmental impact, documentation of responsible practices, and clear understanding of maintaining values alignment as your studio grows.
Our Guidance Track Record
Certification Success
Since November 2022, we've guided six game studios through B-Corp certification preparation. Four have completed certification successfully, while two used the process to strengthen practices before applying. Studios report the guidance helped demystify requirements and build genuine confidence.
Practical Approach
Our guidance emphasizes realistic implementation that respects studio resources. We help identify which B-Corp standards represent natural extensions of your existing values and which require more significant operational adjustments, supporting informed decision-making about your certification journey.
Typical Timeline
Most studios complete preparation and application with our guidance over 9-14 weeks. The timeline varies based on how closely your current practices already align with B-Corp standards and your team's capacity for implementing improvements.
1-2
Weeks Assessment
2-3
Weeks Planning
4-6
Weeks Preparation
2-3
Weeks Submission
Plus B-Corp review time (typically 3-6 months, managed by B Lab)
A Partnership Built on Transparency
We understand that pursuing B-Corp certification represents significant commitment of time and resources. You want assurance that the guidance you receive will genuinely prepare your studio for the certification process.
Our approach is straightforward: after the initial readiness assessment, we'll provide an honest evaluation of your certification readiness. If we believe your studio needs substantial operational changes before pursuing B-Corp certification would be worthwhile, we'll tell you directly. You can decide whether to proceed with implementation support or pause until your studio is better positioned.
If at any point during the first month you feel our guidance isn't providing the clarity and support you expected, we'll refund your investment. The B-Corp certification journey works best when studios feel confident in their preparation support, and we want you to have that confidence throughout our work together.
B-Corp certification is meaningful when it reflects genuine values integration, not just paperwork completion. Our guidance supports authentic alignment between your studio's practices and the standards certification represents.
Beginning Your Certification Journey
Share Your Studio Story
Contact us with information about your studio's values, current practices, and interest in B-Corp certification. We'll arrange an initial conversation to explore your readiness and answer questions.
Assessment and Planning
We conduct the readiness assessment and gap analysis, providing clear understanding of your certification path. You'll see what's already aligned and what improvements would strengthen your application.
Guided Preparation
We work through application preparation together, supporting documentation development and policy refinement. You move toward submission with confidence in your readiness.
The journey strengthens your values-driven approach whether certification happens now or becomes a future goal.
Ready to Formalize Your Studio's Values Commitment?
Let's discuss how B-Corp certification might align with your studio's journey and explore whether now is the right time to pursue official recognition of your responsible business practices.
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