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West Paw Recognized As a ‘Top Impact Company’

The company “cares and gives 100%,” says its owner.

Published

5 years ago

February 6, 2019

PETS+ Staff

(PRESS RELEASE) BOZEMAN, MT — Real Leaders, Big Path Capital, and B Lab have teamed up to assess and rank the “100 Top Impact Companies” of 2019 and announce that West Paw is one of the inaugural winners.

“We were very impressed with the quality of applicants who were subjected to a rigorous review process for this first-ever 100 Top Impact Companies awards” said Mark Van Ness, founder, Real Leaders.

“The Real Leaders 100 list is the first ranking of positive impact companies in North America and leverages the engine of capitalism for great profit and great good,” said Michael Whelchel, managing partner, Big Path Capital. “Because of high demand, we are expanding the list globally in 2020.”

“The company cares and gives 100%, which makes me give 110% back to the company,” said Spencer Williams, owner and president, West Paw. “The people are the best!”

The ranking is based on the formula for force – that is mass times acceleration:

Three-year growth rate (acceleration) x Revenue (mass) x B Impact assessment score = A Company’s Force for Good score.

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