Katapult wins B Corp of the Year

Katapult has been awarded B Corp of the Year at the inaugural Derby Impact Awards 2025.

Lily-Ann Bedder (left) and Rhianna McGonigal (right)

More than 170 people came together to celebrate and recognise the city’s most inspiring social ventures, purpose-driven entrepreneurs and mission-led businesses in Derby. Art Director Lily-Ann Bedder and Project Producer Rhianna McGonigal collected the award on behalf of the Katapult team.

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.

What is B Corp?

B Corp Certification is holistic, not exclusively focused on a single social or environmental issue. And the process to achieve and maintain certification is rigorous and requires engaging teams and departments across your company. Taking company size and profile into account, verification involves documentation of your company’s business model and information about your operations, structure, and various work processes, as well as review of potential public complaints and possible site visits.

What we are committing

As well as priorisiting purpose over profit, we stand with 9,000 global business who hold B Corp status, who want to drive higher standards in the business community and bring economic wealth to all. We are doing this by:

Taking care of our team

Our team make amazing projects happen. Among many benefits we offer as standard, we provide access to Plumm Health, a workplace mental health platform - allowing all our team to access support when they need it most.

Sharing success with society

We are proud to call the city of Derby, UK, our home. Our business has thrived in the city since we opened our doors in 2001. We continue to offer advice on various local projects, to create a vibrant destination - taking our learnings from the attractions industry.

Improving the environment

Since 2022, we have planted over 10,000 trees via Ecologi and helped avoid over 100 tonnes of CO2e entering the environment. Our mindset is clear when it comes to the environment; how can we enjoy the attractions industry, if the world it resides on doesn't exist?

Being open and honest

One of five core values we have is authenticity. We encourage ourselves, clients and vendors to be open and honest throughout the project lifecycle. This is the only way to get true alignment and deliver a successful project.

What it means for our clients

When you work with us, you can rest assured that you are working with a company who meets high standards of social and environmental performance.

B Corp measures a company’s entire social and environmental impact. To achieve this certification, we passed a rigorous audit of our company policies and practices regarding workers, customers, community, governance, and the environment. You can see the full breakdown of our scoring on the B Corp website.