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“Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda

Mark Ashton & Viachaslau Filimonau

Research in Hospitality Management2025https://doi.org/10.1080/22243534.2025.2461704article
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The rapid growth of B-Corp certified organisations in the UK hospitality sector calls for a better understanding of their potential to influence the supply and demand sides of the market. It also requires an outline of a dedicated research agenda which will inform the design and implementation of future studies concerned with the impact of the B-Corp certification on hospitality operations and strategies. This viewpoint reviews B Corp as an emerging trend in the United Kingdom’s hospitality sector. It discusses the collective potential of B Corps to disrupt the hospitality market and enable its progress towards more inclusive, resilient and environmentally sustainable business models and practices. The viewpoint proposes a research agenda underpinned by four perspectives which can inform the emerging academic and industry discourse on the policy, management and wider societal and environmental implications of the B-Corp movement in the hospitality sector of the UK and beyond.

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@article{mark2025,
  title        = {{“Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda}},
  author       = {Mark Ashton & Viachaslau Filimonau},
  journal      = {Research in Hospitality Management},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/22243534.2025.2461704},
}

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0.37

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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