NCG Achieves B Corp Recertification

Organization Receives Highest Score in Its 15th Year of Being Certified

Saint Paul, Minn. - March commemorates National B Corp Month and National Co+op Grocers (NCG), a business services cooperative for food co-ops in the U.S., is thrilled to announce it has achieved recertification as a Certified B Corporation (B Corp).

"We are proud to be a member of the B Corp community, and to receive our highest score to date in our 15th year of being certified," said Allie Mentzer, NCG's Chief Public Policy Officer Advocacy and Sustainability. "It is a testament to being a business as a force for good - meeting high standards of accountability, transparency and social impact."

NCG first earned B Corp certification in 2011. In order to maintain B Corp certification, companies are required to complete an ongoing recertification process to benchmark, improve and celebrate their impact.

In 2026, NCG received an overall B Impact score of 100.3, which is a combined score based on five categories:

• Workers: Assesses the company's contributions to its employees' financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, engagement and satisfaction
• Governance: Evaluates a company's overall mission, transparency, ethics and engagement around its social and environmental impact
• Community: Metrics related to community products and services, practices, suppliers and distributors, local sourcing, diversity, job creation, civic engagement and charitable giving
• Environment: Based on a company's overall environmental management practices and impact on the climate, air, water, land and biodiversity
• Customers: Looks at the company's stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels

As reference, median scores for businesses who are not B Corp certified are 50.9, and a company must score at least 80 to qualify for certification.

NCG is also a proud supporter of other B Corp products in the 168 community-owned food co-ops they serve who operate 234 stores in 40 states. As featured in NCG's most recent Food Co-op Impact Report, sales of B Corp Certified products make up 9% of the average food co-op's total sales, higher than other natural grocery retailers (6%) and conventional grocers (2%).*

Consumers can look for the Certified B Corp logo on products and know that it is a marker of commitment to people, the planet and continuous improvement.

About National Co+op Grocers

National Co+op Grocers (NCG), founded in 1999, is a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States. NCG helps unify food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere.

NCG's 168 community-owned food co-ops operate 234 stores in 40 states with combined annual sales of nearly $2.8 billion. NCG is a winner of the dotCoop Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence and a Certified B Corp. Learn more about NCG and find a map of member co-ops at grocery.coop.

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