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Commons · Question 96764 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

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Asked by Marsha De Cordova

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of encouraging more businesses to become certified B corporations.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 9 Dec 2025

Purpose-driven businesses, including B Corporations, have a unique and powerful ability to innovate and scale solutions to the big social and environmental challenges that we face as a country. The Government recently launched the Office for Impact Econom...