Global Partners

Advancing The B Movement

One of the aims of B Academics is to expand the network of educators and researchers from around the world who are committed to accelerating the sustainable business movement.

For this reason, our Global Engagement Committee strives to facilitate the creation of local B Academics, and alliances with existing academic networks and other organizations that are supportive of entrepreneurs, students, faculty, and others involved in sustainability and social responsibility.

Global Engagement Map

B Academics Spain Chapter

Promoted by B Academics and B Lab Spain, B Academics Spain is a grass-roots network of academics that voluntarily contribute to develop diverse initiatives that help local academics/ the academy to increase teaching and research about B Corporations, and therefore, contribute to the transition to a new economy in Spain.

The members of the founder group

Contact email: global@bacademics.org (Verónica Devenin)

B Academics Spain

 “Ser empresa B Corp en España” (Being a B Corp in Spain)

We are thrilled to introduce to you the book “Being a B Corp in Spain,” an initiative by B Academics Spain aimed at transforming the teaching of Business Administration and promoting a more responsible and sustainable way of doing business.

White Paper B Academics

Other Global Partnerships

Local B Academy as a B Lab office initiative
  • Academia B. Is a global initiative of Sistema B International, based in Latin
  • America, that invites academia to be an agent of change.
  • B Academy Switzerland. Since 2014, B Lab Switzerland has been building the B Academy network of educators,researchers, students and practitioners.
Adhoc collaborative experiences between academics and B Lab offices
  • B Lab Africa. B Lab’s work with regional universities is still at a nascent stage, however, they have an ongoing partnership with Strathmore University.
  • B Corps China. Since 2016, Leping Foundation (official country partner of B Lab to be in charge of B Corp movement in Mainland China) has been building the network of educators, researchers and practitioners around various fields of social innovation and stakeholder economy.
  • B Lab Taiwan. Since 2017, B Lab Taiwan has been building a B Academy network with local universities to enable professors and students (undergraduates, postgraduates, EMBAs) to learn the system change of the 21st capitalism.
  • B Lab Australia and New Zealand. Collaboration between B Lab AANZ and academia has been ad hoc, for example: B Lab AANZ has partnered with Torrens University to produce educational materials on B Corp certification; occasionally puts out a call for interested research partners to collaborate on exploring specific topics; has engaged with Universities in thought leadership around ‘grand challenges’ that align with the B Corp; etc.
Interested in setting up a regional partnership?

If you are interested in setting up a regional partnership with B Academics or learn more about how you can join this global network, please contact our Chair of Global Engagement, Veronica Devenin (global@bacademics.org)

To learn more about The Local Experiences

Advancing the B Movement: A Review of Different Models of Engagement Between Academics and B Lab Offices

This white paper presents the emergent experiences of local engagement between academics and B Lab Offices i.e. local initiatives involving academia aimed at accelerating the transition to a new economy, specifically through promoting teaching and research on B Corporations.

The aim of this white paper is to share how these efforts have emerged and evolved, their different models, challenges and learning process, becoming a guide to assist academics and B Lab Offices from other countries to articulate and navigate the relationship between them.

White Paper B Academics