In the dynamic landscape of business education, B Academics stands out as a beacon of progress, envisioning a world where academic study not only keeps pace with the evolving business ecosystem but actively contributes to its transformation into a force for good. The recently released 2023 Impact Report from B Academics reflects a year of growth, innovation, and collaboration, highlighting the organization’s commitment to advancing sustainable business education globally. Here are this years’ highlights:

• We launched a newly revamped website for B Academics to ensure better user and member experience while also offering more resources and opportunities for engagement.
• We hosted our Teaching Roundtable focused on B Impact Teams and partnered with our sponsor universities to host in person networking sessions in conjunction with the online Roundtable. The Roundtable coincided with the creation and launch of a webinar and materials to support the development of other B Impact Teams around the world. 
• We hosted our Research Roundtable and a Paper Development Workshop titled “Systems and Sustainability: Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations as a Useful Research Context” in collaboration with the ONE Division at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) in Boston, USA.
• We worked to support B Local focused academic events around the world this year, including a Mid Atlantic Research-Practice Workshop at American University, B Academics Spain Day 2023, B Academics & Strathmore University (Kenya) Research Workshop, and the BLD Southeast event in North Carolina.
• We were fortunate to receive the assistance of two Duke University MBA students through the Fuqua On Board program. They focused on helping us identify and leverage our value proposition for members through targeted surveys and focus groups. 
• We engaged over 2,500 people through our newsletter, 163 individual members and 14 institutional supporters.
• We achieved the 2023 Candid Gold Certification through the GuideStar organization continuing to showcase our organizational transparency.
• And much, much more!

A big thank you to our supporters and stakeholders who made another year possible. Thank you!

There’s much more in the full report !