The timing varies from company to company as it depends on the organisation’s complexity, structure and current performance. This is a substantial process, which is not designed to be fast. Here are the main steps of the standard process that give you a rough idea of the time it takes: Completing the BIA. Depending on the size of your company, the time resources and people you commit to this step, and the availability of your data, this can take from a few days to a few months. Identifying and implementing improvements. If the company has not reached the 80 points required when they fill in the BIA for the first time, it must identify the improvements to be made to reach the desired score, and then implement them. Your basic score, the difficulty of implementing the improvements chosen and your in-house resources will determine the time this step takes. In our experience, this ranges from 2 months to a year.   Submission and checking process. The time taken for this is largely determined by B Lab’s capacities and how prepared you are for the process. Due to the high demand from companies, there is a queuing time of about 9 months to enter the assessment process. Once you have reached the front of the queue and an assessor has been assigned to you, the checking process itself will take between 3 and 6 months.