Empowered to Own: Driving Impact Through Purpose-Driven Ownership Models

As businesses strive to meet rising expectations for social and environmental responsibility, alternative ownership models – such as employee ownership, cooperatives, and purpose trusts – offer powerful pathways for aligning the interests of companies with their stakeholders.

Join B Lab U.S. & Canada for an engaging conversation with organizations embodying how these models can deepen and protect purpose, center worker well-being, and build long-term resilience. We’ll also dive into how alternative ownership models that embed purpose can help companies meet the new B Corp standards, especially within the Purpose & Stakeholder Governance topic, which place greater emphasis on operationalizing stakeholder governance and stakeholder engagement.

Whether you're just beginning your ownership journey or exploring how to embed purpose more deeply into your company’s DNA for the future, this event offers inspiration, guidance, and practical insights to light the way.

This event is U.S. focused.

Featured Speakers:

• Holly Ensign-Barstow, B Lab U.S. & Canada
• Brigitta Nemes, B Lab Global
• Natalie Reitman-White, PTON (Purpose Trust Ownership Network)
• Tim Garbinsky, NCEO (National Center for Employee Ownership)
• John Abrams, Abrams+Angell & South Mountain Company