Recyclops Winter 2022
A SIP team helped Recyclops become B Corp certified. This ensures that the company is held to a high standard, remains mission-focused, and is conscious of its environmental and social impact.
A team of three students consulted Recyclops about the timeline, the process, and who needs to be involved to complete B Corp certification. The first step included completing a B Impact Assessment. To proceed with the certification process, a company needs to get at least 80 points on the assessment; Recyclops achieved 98.8 points. The next step was to gather documents to prove the assessment answers and wait for a call from B lab to review the assessment and proceed with certification. Recyclops is currently in a long queue for this review call that may take up to 9 months before B Lab contacts Recyclops. After approval from the B Lab employee, Recyclops will be able to be certified. They will have to pay an annual fee, create a public profile to fulfill the transparency requirement, and recertify every three years.
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Initial Research
The team first needed to understand the process of certification, and what the steps were to becoming B Corp certified. They spent many hours researching and speaking with experts to learn what Recyclops needed to do in order to become certified.
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Impact Assessment
In partnership with Recyclops representatives, the team answered over 200 hundred questions about Recyclops’ organizational structure, impact, and practices. Ultimately, the organization and earned 98 points out of the 80 points needed to become certified.
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Document Compilation
B Lab asks that every question with at least 1 point value has a document proving the answer. The team gathered and organized these documents with the help of Recyclops employees. They also gathered documents outside of the 1-point value range.
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Employee Education
The team wanted to get the Recyclops employees involved in the process of B Corp certification. To accomplish this, they created an educational PowerPoint explaining the process and preparing them for recertification.
“Because of this project my dream job has changed to wanting to work for B corp certified companies.”
Rebekah Olsen, SIP Team Member
Team Members
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Sydney Christensen
Sydney is a business major with minors in psychology and family life. She currently works for Domani Preneed, where she contacts families that have recently lost a loved one, aids them in receiving resources and ensures that they have a good experience working with their chosen funeral home.
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Rebekah Olsen
Rebekah is a business major from Dallas, Texas. Having worked for doTERRA, her background is in customer service and user experience. Rebekah joined the Recyclops team because she is interested in experience design and social impact.
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Karmen Smith
Karmen is a psychology major from Texas. Prior to taking Social Impact Projects, she was a child care worker at the YMCA. Karmen joined the Recyclops team to gain experience with consulting, project management, and design thinking.