B Corp readiness · 07 of 09
5 min read
The evidence you already have, and the evidence you do not
Preparation feels enormous until you separate the requirements you can answer from what is already on your phone from the ones that need something new. The first pile is bigger than people expect, and the second is smaller.
What answers straight out of your account
If you keep products, materials, certificates, makers and impact records with us, some of the environmental and material requirements answer directly from that: what your products are made of, which certificates you hold and what their scope is, where things were made, and the impact figures with their factor versions. It is a small share of the whole, and it is honest to say so. A company standard mostly asks about things a product platform does not hold.
What maps onto nothing, and why that is fine
Governance, government affairs, human rights policy, and equity and inclusion map onto almost nothing we hold, because what we hold is product data. We do not stretch a field to cover a requirement it does not genuinely cover. The row says we hold nothing and carries a good question instead. An empty mapping is the correct answer there, not a failure of the tool, and a tool that pretends otherwise is quietly wrong on the day it matters.
The free first step, every time
Every gap gets a first action that costs nothing, or plainly states that it has none. A statement of purpose is four sentences on the About page you already have, or on the link page in your social bio. Stakeholder engagement is a dated note after a conversation with your makers or your koperasi that already happens, saying who was there and what changed because of it. Neither needs a consultant and neither needs a new website.
Where there is no free step, we say so
Lawful operation has no free rung. Neither does the notaris work on your articles. Manufacturing a free-looking step for a gap that genuinely costs money is a worse failure than admitting the cost, so we admit the cost and let you decide with the real number in front of you.
How evidence gets labelled
Three tiers, the same three we use everywhere: with a certificate, documented, self-declared. The tier tells a reader how something was evidenced. It never shrinks what is being evidenced. And a requirement that does not apply to you leaves the count with its reason written down. It is never shown as a zero sitting beside things you genuinely have not done, because those two are not the same and must never look the same.
The essentials
- A company standard mostly asks about what a product platform does not hold. We say so.
- A purpose statement is four sentences on a page you already have.
- Not applicable leaves the count with its reason. It never renders as a zero.
Primary sources
- B Lab Standards V2.1, Release 2, 25 August 2025, impact topics. Checked 17 August 2026
- Mula methodology: evidence tiers, coverage indicators, and how gaps are shown
Written against B Lab Standards V2.1, Release 2 of 25 August 2025. B Lab released V2.2 on 20 February 2026, and the affected topics are being re-read against it before any of this is sold. Every figure about B Lab on these pages carries the date we checked it. Last checked 17 August 2026.
Where we stand
Mula is not affiliated with, endorsed by, accredited by, or certified by B Lab. B Corp™ and B Lab™ are trademarks of B Lab. Mula helps a brand get its own evidence in order. Mula does not assess, does not certify, and cannot predict an audit outcome. We never show the B Corp™ logo, because it belongs to companies that hold the certification. Where other frameworks are named on these pages, Mula is not affiliated with their standard setters or certification bodies either.
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