Impact on workers and community: with Triple Bottom Brewery co-founder Tess Hart

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In this episode of Getting Down to Business, host Lauren Everett and co-host Briana Humes sit down with Tess Hart, co-founder of Triple Bottom Brewing, to talk about the impact of certification on employees, workplace culture, and the community. Triple Bottom Brewing is a certified B Corp brewery in Philadelphia that's been making waves with its commitment to employee welfare and community engagement since it opened its doors in 2019. Tess and her co-founders chose the name because of their focus on a "triple bottom line" of beer, people, and the planet, with a mission to create jobs for people facing barriers to employment. Going through the B Corp certification process in 2020, at the height of the pandemic was challenging. “We built the brewery with some of the B Corp goals already in mind,” Tess says. “(Because of the pandemic) lots of different priorities come up for a business owner, so some things went on pause, but ultimately certification was a really great learning opportunity.

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