Kickstarter recently announced that is has joined as small (but growing) a growing number of companies that have elected to become a Benefit Corporation.
Click here for detailed information about the regulations and benefits of Benefit Corporations
These new corporations are required to consider the impact of their decisions not only on shareholders but also on workers, community, and the environment; and are required to make available to the public an annual benefit report that assesses their overall social and environmental performance against a third party standard. While only about .01% of all U.S. businesses have elected to become Benefit Corporations, more companies are expected to do so in the near future.
