Natural Pod is a Certified B Corporation
As a Certified B Corporation in the education furniture community, we are proud to be recognized as part of a global movement championing an inclusive, fair, and regenerative economy.
We believe that sustainability is a complex and wide-reaching term. “Being sustainable” is more than stamping certifications on product labels and marketing materials. We believe it’s about evaluating each thing we do, and asking ourselves, “Is this the best thing for the people and the planet? How could we do better?”
What does this certification mean for you? When partnering with Natural Pod to transform your learning space, you’re supporting business and people with shared values. You’re part of the change we hope to create by setting an example for how good business, meaningful relationships, and impactful learning spaces can exist in harmony.
“Certified B Corporations are leaders in the global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. Unlike other certifications for businesses, B Lab is unique in our ability to measure a company’s entire social and environmental impact.” – B Lab
This mentality was our reason for seeking B Corporation Certification. Not for the logo usage rights, but for the high standards of performance, accountability, and transparency they incorporate into their certification process to measure social and environmental impact. This certification has challenged us to understand where we are, define where we want to go, and have a roadmap for how we can get there.
“Receiving the B Corp Certification is an accomplishment our team is proud to share with you; our community. Thank you for being part of this journey, by sharing values of supporting children and educators, and doing this great work of creating learning spaces that matter.”– Bridgitte Alomes, CEO + Founder of Natural Pod
Moving forward, this certification will be a reminder that we care all the way through the organization. That we’re here to make a difference.
This is our starting point, not our stopping point.
What is our B Corporation Impact Score?
Based on the B Impact assessment, Natural Pod earned an overall score of 92.9. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9. Read the detailed report.
What does B Corp Certification mean to you as an educator and learning provider?
B Corp Certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials. In order to achieve certification, a company must:
- Demonstrate high social and environmental performance by achieving a B Impact Assessment score of 80 or above and passing our risk review. Multinational corporations must also meet baseline requirement standards.
- Make a legal commitment by changing their corporate governance structure to be accountable to all stakeholders, not just shareholders, and achieve benefit corporation status if available in their jurisdiction.
- Exhibit transparency by allowing information about their performance measured against B Lab’s standards to be publicly available on their B Corp profile on B Lab’s website.
Learn more about B Corp Certification and the movement toward transforming the global economy.
Our Design Process: From Concept to Completion
Vision + Plan
You have a vision for an inspired learning space. Our solutions partners are here to support you. They're skilled listeners, practical, insightful, know our school furniture inside out, and guide you towards what your space needs, and what's in budget.
Complimentary Design
From conceptual design to technical drawings, we are nimble because we examine and learn from each project. Our in-house design team’s passion and expertise in learning space design will inspire creative, integrated solutions for your unique needs.
Collaborative Partnership
Amplifying the voices of educators, learners and your learning community is the Pod ethos. How we work is not just collaborative. Rather, we empower you to stand firmly in your vision, and offer smarter, sustainable and durable solutions, solutions that work.
We’re better learning environments
Our goal is to create and support your vision of a better learning environment by offering quality, modular items that can easily adapt to your teaching and learning goals. As we enter a new era of learning where collaboration and cooperation drive innovation, education environments need to reflect this change.
Thoughtful, well-designed spaces invite new ways of interacting. By working with us to make meaningful choices, community stakeholders at all levels are beginning to create new education paradigms.
Our furniture and classroom designs support students in thriving in their work, play, and the ways they learn best. Our products encourage children to trust and discover their ideas, abilities and creativity by constructing an environment that supports active learning.
We work with educators to create beautiful, inspiring and calming learning environments.
Get your copy of our Ideabook.
We acknowledge these lands
At Natural Pod, we are committed to restoring our relationship with the natural world and honouring the diverse peoples and cultures connected to the lands where we operate. We craft our products using sustainably harvested and managed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, wood materials.
Our team and business are rooted in the traditional territories of several Indigenous communities: the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh in Burnaby, BC; the lək̓ʷəŋən, Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ in Victoria, BC; the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh in Vancouver, BC; and the Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN in the Cowichan Valley and Gulf Islands, BC. We deeply respect the historical relationship these communities have with the land and are dedicated to working towards truth and reconciliation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Enjoy all our latest education news and stories
At Natural Pod™, our purpose is to ensure every learner and educator has a practical, healthy, sustainable environment in which to learn and be inspired, enabling them to reach their full potential. You can find all our news and stories here, where we share ideas and thinking that inspire our work to help inspire yours.
Canadian Federal Government announces measures for more $10-a-day child care spaces + $1 billion in low-cost loans and $60 million grants for child care providers
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, (with one of our beautiful Natural Pod Play Lofts as his backdrop! - thank you Prime Minister Trudeau!) announced measures from the upcoming 2024 Federal Canadian Budget to build more affordable child care spaces – saving...
Innovative childcare partnership to help working parents attend restorative conference for B Corps
One of the only programs of its kind in Canada; no limit on the number of free childcare spots available to attendees; children welcome in all event spaces A new partnership between B Lab US & Canada and B Corp ™ Certified, sustainable education furniture...
Empowering educators
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Why do teachers teach?
Curious question - it must be the great pay, easy hours and happy parents, right? Educators, you are a very special group of professionals. You don’t choose teaching to be famous or rich or even bored. You choose teaching for very altruistic reasons. Here are a few...
Celebrate B Corp Month with us! (Wait, what on earth is a B Corp?)
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From concept to completion. You are not alone
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The impact of design on learning
In the dynamic realm of educational design, the importance of creating tranquil, inspiring spaces cannot be overstated. Recent research sheds light on the profound influence of classroom environments on the well-being of both learners and educators, prompting...
Take advantage of funding before it expires and change your world
Imagine what your world could be like. A beautiful, calm environment. An endless variety of spaces for every kind of activity, for every kind of learner. If this is your vision, then read on because it could be within your reach. And with your funding opportunities...
Watch: Behind the Design at Natural Pod with Allan Alomes
At Natural Pod, we take design seriously. Please meet our Design Director, Allan Alomes, as he shares some insights into our inspirations, our intentional curved edges, and the impact these unique elements create for the learners in your space. From the feedback we...