There's lots applause going around for a company called Natura. The B Corp. company purchased The Body Shop (a social enterprise B corp) last year and just completed the all-stock purchase of Avon (no, not a B Corp). The applause is for a company whose decision-making, is not, according to B Corp. principles informed singularly by making profits for the shareholders but equally doing good for employees, consumers, and, the earth. That's the principle and let's go with the idea that this is also the reality for Natura as it was for The Body Shop.
But wait, aren't all nonprofits essentially B Corp. companies sans giving back its surplus to the public or donors? Alas, the answer is no, not perfectly. We know from lots of examples just this week that employees for one tend to not be included (perhaps with the exception of CEOs) as equal beneficiaries of surplus. Does this mean it's a "no", nonprofits are not like B Corps? Possibly but it's certainly worth considering the implications.
Here's an article that describes B Corps and the Natura purchase.