Language Access, Impact Measurement, and B Corp V2 with Jeffrey D. Stewart of Enharmonic Encounters

Jeffrey D. Stewart, founder and executive director of Enharmonic Encounters, joins Kim Allchurch Flick. Enharmonic Encounters helps companies measure impact and amplifies non-English speaking stakeholders through language access. Stewart describes becoming the first company in the United States to certify under B Lab’s new standards (V2) and explains the need for real case studies to show compliance is possible across company sizes. He traces his path from a Fulbright experience in Brazil to working at B Lab as a Portuguese-speaking analyst certifying over 100 companies, then launching a translation practice combined with B certification consulting. They discuss global versus local impacts, the growing need for language access amid B Lab’s global consolidation, and key V2 updates including required climate action planning, continuous improvement mechanisms, equity integrated across standards, and higher-level governance buy-in, as well as early challenges setting qualitative climate SMART goals.