Keiff
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
February 2019
Food products
Wholesale/Retail
Brazil
There are things that go beyond time. This is the kefir, a grain that gave rise to the probiotic drink associated with longevity and well being. Coming straight from the Caucasus Mountains, the region between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, it recalls times where sharing was the way of life. A thousand years separate the history of the kefir birth from the discovery of the drink by Julia and Raphael. It was living on the campus of the University of Chicago that the couple had first contact with the probiotic drink. Rafael was a Master in Finance and Julia worked at the University. There they fell in love with the drink. Back in Brazil, they could not find the drink ready for consumption anywhere. In a healthy nostalgia and in the search to promote and spread more and more health, they thought aloud: "What if we could keep this millenary tradition in line with current times?" Thus, Keiff is born. It was years of research, contact with several local producers and many, many tests until the birth of the first "Keiffs". With a huge variety of natural probiotics, they regulate the intestine and generate wellness in a practical and tasty way.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 11.2
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 11.2
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 22.8
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 42.6
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Environment 11.4
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.