Certifications, awards and networks for social enterprises

A social enterprise usually wears several labels at once: a product certification, a benefit-corporation register, a fellowship, an accelerator cohort, an investor's portfolio page. They are not interchangeable. Each page below explains who runs a label, how an organization gets it, how to check a claim, and what it does and does not tell you.

Certifications and standards

B Corp What B Corp certification covers, who runs it, how a company earns and renews it, how to check a claim in B Lab's public directory, and what it does not prove.
Fair for Life What Fair for Life certifies, how it differs from the For Life label, who audits against it, its minimum price and content rules, and how to check a certified partner.
Fairtrade What Fairtrade certification covers, who runs it, how a producer organisation is audited and recertified, how to check a claim in the FLOCERT customer search, and its limits.
Rainforest Alliance What a Rainforest Alliance certificate covers, who issues it, how farms and supply chain actors are audited, how to check a holder, and what the seal does not prove.
Regenerative Organic Certified What Regenerative Organic Certified covers, who runs it, the organic baseline it requires, its Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, and how to check a farm in the public directory.
SPP, the Small Producers Symbol What the Small Producers Symbol certifies, who owns and runs it, how a producer organisation is certified and how buyers register, and how to check an SPP claim.
USDA Organic What USDA organic certification covers, who runs it, how a farm or handler earns and keeps it, how to check a claim in the Organic INTEGRITY Database, and its limits.

Legal forms and public registers

Colombia BIC companies What Colombia's Sociedad BIC legal form is under Ley 1901 de 2018, how a company adopts it, the reporting duty it carries, and how to check a claim.

Fellowships

Ashoka Fellows What an Ashoka Fellow is, who runs the fellowship, what the label says about a person rather than a company, and how to check a claim in Ashoka's public network.
Schwab Foundation What a Schwab Foundation award is, who runs it and how it relates to the World Economic Forum, what the awardee community shows, and how to check a claim.

Awards and prizes

Ashden Awards What an Ashden Award is, who runs it, how an organisation enters and is judged, what the cash prize covers, and how to check a winner or finalist claim.
The Earthshot Prize What an Earthshot Prize Winner or Finalist claim means, who runs the prize, how nomination and selection work, the £1 million award, and how to check a record.
Keeling Curve Prize What a Keeling Curve Prize laureate claim means, who runs it now that Global Warming Mitigation Project is Climate Curve, how the $50,000 award is judged, and how to check it.
Skoll Foundation What a Skoll Award is, how it differs from a Skoll grant and from Skoll World Forum attendance, who runs the foundation, and how to check each kind of claim.

Accelerators and programmes

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship What an IKEA Social Entrepreneurship listing means, who runs it, the accelerator and supplier routes into it, and how to check a claim on the public list.
Miller Center What a Miller Center accelerator place is, who runs it at Santa Clara University, how enterprises are selected, and how to check an alumni claim in the public directory.
MIT Solve What an MIT Solve claim means, how the Solver, Finalist and Semi-Finalist tiers differ from a plain application, and how to check a claim on solve.mit.edu.
NESsT What a NESsT portfolio listing means, who runs it, how enterprises are selected and financed, and how to check a claim in the public portfolio and alumni galleries.
Village Capital What a Village Capital alumni listing means, who runs the programmes, how peer selection works, and how to check a claim on the public alumni list.

Impact investor portfolios

Acumen What an Acumen portfolio listing means, how the nonprofit impact investor deploys patient capital, how a company gets in, and how to check a claim.
CO_Capital What a CO_Capital portfolio listing means, how the systemic investing fund manager deploys credit and equity, and how to check a company claim on its own page.
elea Foundation What an elea Foundation portfolio listing means, how the Swiss philanthropic investor picks and supports ventures, and how to check a company claim against its portfolio page.
Pomona Impact What a Pomona Impact listing means, how its Central American accelerators and fund select companies, and how to tell a graduate from an investee.
The Yield Lab What a Yield Lab portfolio listing means, how the agrifood-tech venture federation invests, which fund backed a company, and how to check the claim.

Grant programmes

DBS Foundation What a DBS Foundation Grant is, who runs it and how it is judged, which markets and businesses qualify, and how to check a grantee claim in the partner network.

Recognition and networks

AIM2Flourish What an AIM2Flourish entry is, who runs the platform, how student-written stories get published and judged, and what a listing does and does not prove.
Endeavor What selection as an Endeavor Entrepreneur means, who runs it, how the international selection panel works, and why it is a growth signal rather than an impact one.

Partnership platforms

P4G Partnerships What a P4G partnership is, who funds and hosts P4G, how partnerships are selected and funded, and why membership describes a project rather than a company.

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