Simon Kalinowski, the CEO, and owner of Mandalay Technologies is a technology-minded and spirited entrepreneur, who is confident in aligning purpose and profit. Simon has a passion for ecological sustainability, along with being a proud advocate for sustainable practices – particularly in the waste industry.
Simon’s passion for pursuing environmental change came from an article outlining the effects of climate change. The focus of this article showed that the majority of the Byron Bay area would be lost due to rising sea levels. “I felt utter devastation at the mere possibility within my son’s lifetime he would lose the ability to live in the area that provides so many incredible life experiences for me and us today.”
Simon made a commitment to himself, his family, Mandalay Technologies and our Customers;
To transition his life to a truly sustainable one for himself, for his family, for his business, for his staff, and for his customers. Simon and the Mandalay team have built a model that allows their customers and communities to challenge and transition their traditional businesses and communities to a more transparent model to ensure as they move into future decades there will be a “Byron Bay” for future generations, through responsible social change and sustainable practices.
To certify as a B Corp, a company must achieve a minimum verified score of 80 points on the B Impact Assessment. The B Impact Assessment asks questions about how the day-to-day operations of a company create positive impact for the company’s workers, community, and environment. Additionally, companies can earn further points if their overall business model can be shown to create positive social and environmental impact as well, qualifying the company for specific Impact Business Model points.
Scores for Certified B Corporations are verified by the non-profit B Lab.
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The questions in the B Impact Assessment are organized into five Impact Areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers. Click into a Impact Area to see topics covered in each. Topics in blue are Impact Business Models associated with that Impact Area where the company has earned additional credit. Due to rounding, displayed totals may not add up exactly.
The B Impact Assessment is customized to a company's size, sector, and geographic market. However, within those parameters, there are still questions included in the B Impact Assessment that might not be relevant to a particular company. In cases where a question is not applicable, the potential points available for that question are instead earned based on the performance of the company on the other topics relevant to the stakeholder and summed up as "N/A points." Likewise, a score of N/A for Workers means that the company is a sole proprietor or partnership with no full-time staff, and a score of 0 or N/A for Customers means that the company does not have a specific Customer-focused Impact Business Model.
Each year, B Lab releases lists honoring the top-performing Certified B Corps in each Impact Area and overall, broken down by size, on the annual Best for the World lists.
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B Lab may determine that a company should make additional material beyond their B Impact Report transparent in order for the public to be able to evaluate the company’s overall impact. This additional transparency may cover participation in a controversial industry, information shared on the company’s Disclosure Questionnaire, or simply a company’s relationship to a larger complex entity. Public companies and wholly-owned subsidiaries are required to make their full B Impact Assessments transparent to achieve B Corp Certification.
