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Whether you're approaching recertification or building toward your first certification, the rules have shifted under your feet. V2.2 doesn't just adjust the scoring, it replaces the framework. The B Impact Assessment is gone. The 80-point threshold is gone. In their place sit seven Impact Topics, a continuous improvement cycle, and third-party verification.
The result is that a lot of businesses are working from a roadmap built for a system that no longer exists. Existing B Corps assume their previous work will carry over and find out at recertification that some of it doesn't. First-time applicants are following guidance, templates and benchmarks calibrated to V1.6, and walking into a process that now expects something different. The work has value either way. But the way it's documented, measured and prioritised often doesn't translate, and the gap is rarely where you'd expect it to be.
What you’ll learn in the webinar:
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The biggest misconception about V2.2. Why treating it as an evolution of V1.6 rather than a replacement is the single most common mistake we see, and what that misunderstanding costs whether you're certifying for the first time or recertifying.
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Where V1.6 thinking doesn't translate. The places businesses assume their existing work or planning will carry over, the places it doesn't, and how to tell the difference early.
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The Impact Topics catching businesses out. The new requirements where both existing B Corps and new applicants are most consistently underprepared, and why those gaps weren't visible under the old framework.
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The Year 0, Year 3, Year 5 cycle. Why certification is no longer a finish line, what surveillance audits actually look at, and what continuous improvement means in practice from day one.
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What V2.2 really requires now. The shift to third-party verification, the documentation expected, and the level of evidence the new standards are calibrated to.