Personio is now a certified B Corp

Dear Community,

Today I'm sharing some news with you that's very close to my heart: Personio is now a Certified B Corp 🌱

This journey started for me back in December 2021: I approached our CEO, Hanno, with a proposal: we should turn Personio into a B Corp! That turned into a project that's stayed with me and a few especially dedicated colleagues, over the years since. The certification now independently confirms what we'd hoped for from the very start: that our values don't just exist on paper, but are actually lived out across the whole company.

From the Press Release:

Munich, September 22, 2026. Personio, Europe's leading HR and payroll platform for small and medium-sized businesses, is now a Certified B Corp. The certification, administered by the global nonprofit B Lab, independently verifies a company's social and environmental performance, governance, and transparency toward its workers, customers, and community. Personio completed the B Impact Assessment and achieved certification following B Lab’s independent verification process in August 2026. It joins a community of more than 5500 Certified B Corporations across Europe, among them Personio customers such as RECUP, Ecosia, Tomorrow, and Fairphone.

Responsibility toward employees and the wider community has shaped how Personio operates since its early days. This commitment is reflected in Personio’s workforce policies, its approach to responsible governance, and its work helping SMEs navigate Europe’s complex employment and payroll requirements. 

That same instinct led Personio to set up the Personio Foundation in 2021, committing one percent of the company's equity to nonprofits working on climate action and education. On top of the one percent, 15 NPOs globally have already received over €4M in impact grants from the Personio Foundation. This led to 3.3 Million tCO2 carbon stocks protected and 90.000 people provided with access to education. 

Personio.org extends this further, giving nonprofits and public-sector organisations discounted access to the platform. The B Corp certification now shows that these values hold up across the whole business.

"Responsibility for all stakeholders, customers, employees and societies is something we've thought about at Personio since we founded the company in 2015," says Hanno Renner, CEO and co-founder of Personio. ”What I appreciate about B Corp is how rigorous and independent the review actually is. External reviewers evaluated Personio and we’ve made the cut. Getting here took years, and a lot of effort across the company. That's what makes me proud.”

“Welcoming Personio to the B Corp movement marks an exciting step forward for sustainable business practices,” says Armelle Duvieusart, Community Lead, B Lab Germany. “By holding themselves accountable to B Lab's standards of social and environmental impact, Personio demonstrates how European business leaders can actively build a more inclusive and responsible economy.”

The B Impact Assessment under V1.6 evaluates a company’s impact across five areas: governance, workers, community, environment and customers. Certified B Corps are required to make their B Impact score and profile publicly available, supporting transparency and accountability.