We are a B Corp

Our Mission & Commitment

Our company was built on the belief that meaningful work should be accessible to people from many walks of life. For over twenty years, we’ve welcomed newcomers, makers, and dreamers from around the world—each person shaping who we are and how we work together.

Since 2011, Rivanna Natural Designs has proudly been a Certified B Corporation. Our mission is to design and build beautiful products that celebrate excellence, in a workplace that fosters resilience, operates responsibly, respects our planet, and creates value for all stakeholders. As a Certified B Corp, this mission remains front and center every day, guiding how we do business and how we measure success.

What It Means to Be a B Corp

Certified B Corporations are businesses that balance purpose and profit. They are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on all stakeholders – including workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. In other words, B Corp certification is to business what Fair Trade is to coffee or USDA Organic is to milk. It signifies that a company meets rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. For Rivanna, these values of long-term responsibility and stakeholder impact have always been part of our DNA, and B Corp certification formalizes and reinforces our commitment.

Continuous Improvement & Transparency

B Corp certification isn’t a one-time achievement – it’s an ongoing journey of improvement. To maintain our status, we continually evaluate how our practices affect our employees, customers, community, and the environment. B Lab (the non-profit behind B Corps) audits our performance, and the results are publicly available as our B Impact Score. We use the B Impact Assessment as a tool to measure and manage our impact, helping us identify ways to be an even better company for all stakeholders. (In fact, the B Impact Assessment is the same in-depth tool used by over 150,000 businesses to assess and improve their impact across governance, workers, community, customers, and the environment. This process ensures we stay accountable and transparent about our progress, reflecting our shared values of responsibility and continuous improvement.

Part of a Global Movement

Today, Rivanna is part of a global community of over 9,700 Certified B Corporations across 102 countries and 160 industries. All of these businesses are working together toward one unifying goal: to redefine success in business. Rather than measuring success solely by profit, B Corps measure it by the value they create for all stakeholders and the resilience of their business practices in the face of global challenges. We are proud to stand alongside this network of like-minded, mission-driven companies using business as a force for good, and we share their values of sustainability, accountability, and long-term stakeholder impact.

Learn More & Get Involved

Interested in the B Corp movement? B Lab provides a free, confidential online tool called the B Impact Assessment to help companies evaluate and improve their practices. If your company is curious how it measures up or is considering B Corp certification, you can start by taking the B Impact Assessment today. It’s a great way to learn about best practices for workers, communities, and the environment, and a score of 80 or above is required as a first step toward certification.

To learn more about Certified B Corporations in general, please visit B Lab’s website And for full transparency about our own performance, you can view Rivanna’s public B Corp profile – including our latest B Impact Report – on the B Corp directory. 

We remain as dedicated as ever to the shared values of the B Corp community and to our long-term mission of running a truly responsible business for the benefit of all our stakeholders.