Zoöp and B-Corp both work on the transformation of our economic practice, but do so in different ways.
B-Corp is a certificate that indicates that an organisating meets a set of high standards for social, environmental and governance aspects.
Zoöp is a certificate that indicates that an organisation has implemented the organisation model with the Speaker for the Living and has formally comitted to follow to learning process of the zoönomic annual cycle.
A Zoöp begins with reading the current qualities of the eco-social relations of the organisation and is aimed at continuous improvement of these relations. Every Zoöp maintains different relations and therefore needs to set is own goals and implement the necesary interventions to improve these relations. A Zoöp has as eventual goal to learn how to become symbiotic with the ecocsystems in which it participates.
B-Corp has one defined set of standard that applies to every organisation. If these standards are met, an organisation can become a B-Corp and is not asked to develop further.
Zoöp is a organisation model, B-Corp isn't.
B-Corp is mostly oriented on companies ('corporations'). Zoöp is also directed towards educational institutions, founcations, coöperations, governance bodies et cetera.
If you compare the aims of the Zoöp with the SDG’s (Social Development Goals), you’ll notice that Zoöp fully aligns with goals number 11 (Sustainable Cities), 13 (Climate Action), 14 (Life below water) and 15 (Life on Land). In the practice of a Zoöp, the work on these issues automatically also contributes to goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) and Goal 6: (Clean Water and Sanitation.) As Zoöp you follow the zoönomic annual cycle, which ensures that you pursue your goals as much as possible in an integrated manner, and not as separate issues with independent solutions.
There are two of the SDG’s to which we feel we could add a remark. First to Goal 8 (Economic growth: promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all): This kind of economic growth can certainly be a goal for organisations in the global south, but we think organisations in the global north need to find a path towards an economic practice that is not dependent on growth anymore. About Goal 9 (Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation); the way industrialisation is understood until now is thoroughly destructive for ecosystems. This needs to change: so the innovation aspect of this goal should serve the transformation of the practice of industry as we know it, towards a practice that supports ecosystems.