The City of New York and the nonprofit B Lab have launched The Best for NYC Challenge, a free online assessment tool helping companies gauge their impact on NYC workers, the community, and the environment. Using the tool a business is compared against a benchmark of 8000+ NYC businesses.
This tool is unique in that instead of measuring how companies are performing on their own, The Best for NYC seeks to instead measure the impact a business has on New York City as a whole. It also strives to recognize businesses that are improving New York City and helping its residents.
In addition to the tool, the program helps businesses in a variety of ways. A participating business gains access to free tools and events, as well as achieving a better way to engage with their employees while also being promoted in a public directory. A spotlight is also placed on opportunities for growth and the untapped assets within a company.
The assessment is available to all businesses regardless of size or sector, and includes service organizations and business partnerships to help companies find a course of action and tools that best suits their needs.
