Impact Report 2023
| Cropster
Annual Benefit Report
Cropster Inc. (2023)
Benefit Corporation:
Cropster Inc is a subsidiary of Cropster GmbH, Austria. Cropster Inc is a legally-incorporated benefit corporation in the state of California. A benefit corporation is a corporation that has voluntarily met the highest standards of corporate purpose, accountability, and transparency.
Benefit corporations have a corporate purpose to create a material positive impact on society and the environment, have expanded the fiduciary duty of their directors to include consideration of stakeholder interests, and are required to report on their overall social and environmental performance in accordance with a third-party standard.
Cropster’s Mission, Vision and Purpose:
To drive quality, productivity and sustainability excellence across the coffee value chain with accessible technology. We help people focus on core processes related to quality, consistency, planning, traceability and resource management at every stage of production.
We power the coffee industry’s transition into a fairer, more economically sustainable and environmentally responsible model for everyone. We believe affordable technology can be used by everyone to increase fairness for all players in the market. Resulting in a better, more sustainable cup for consumers.
Third-Party Social and Environmental Performance Standard:
We selected the B Impact Assessment (BIA) as the third party performance standard to prepare this benefit report because it is one of the most widely-used impact measurement and management tools in the world.
The BIA is used by more than 150,000 businesses to measure, compare, and improve their overall social and environmental performance, as well as by an increasing number of investors, business associations, and government entities serious about understanding and benchmarking the impact of the companies in which they invest and with which they do business.
Cropster uses the B Impact Assessment to continuously improve its social and environmental performance year over year. This is done through an annual internal review process and helps ensure Cropster is always improving.
The BIA is governed by the nonprofit B Lab and meets the statutory requirement that a third party standard must be comprehensive, credible, transparent, and independent. More information about the BIA and B Lab is available at bimpactassessment.net.
B Impact Evaluation/Report
The B Impact Report is a quantitative and qualitative summary of our overall social and environmental performance assessed against the B Impact Assessment (BIA), a third party standard created by the nonprofit B Lab. The BIA assesses our performance in the areas of environment, workers, community, and governance.
A link to Cropster’s Public Profile in the B Corp Directory can be found here: Cropster’s B Corp Public Profile.
To highlight our performance, here are some of the specific practices we have adopted:
Environment:
- Monitored and recorded energy, water and greenhouse gas emissions
- Implemented energy-efficient hand-dryers to cut down on waste
- Procured 100% of electricity from Carbon Neutral and Renewable Sources
- Offset non-renewable energy with Green-e certified Renewable Energy Credits
- Offset 100% Scope 3 category 6 emissions from business airline travel
- Installed air quality monitors at office facilities
Workers:
- Full insurance coverage for full-time employees, and part-time employees qualify for health care benefits after 6 months of employment
- Professional development budget for full-time employees
- Education and well-being budget for full-time employees
- Flexible working options such as remote work and flexible work hours
Community:
- Charitable giving program including cash and in-kind donations
- Written policy giving preference to suppliers who are local and environmentally friendly
- Paid volunteer hours for employees to contribute to local community causes
- Allow workers to select charities to receive company’s donations
- Majority of ownership lives locally to the company
- Majority of company owned by non-accredited investors
Governance:
- Company treats people and planet as primary measures of success for our business
- Social and environmental training included in new employee orientation, training, and instruction
- Board of directors kept informed about the company’s social and environmental performance
- Written code of ethics provides set of company values to operate by
- Written employee whistle-blowing policy provides legal protection to workers
In 2023, Cropster Inc made significant strides in advancing our mission as a California Benefit Corporation. We are proud of our achievements and remain dedicated to creating a positive impact on society and the environment. We look forward to building on this foundation in the coming years.
