The Mimelis Lab label
By joining the Mimelis Lab label, companies support a Swiss approach with international reach that values systemic commitment to practices with a positive impact.
About the Mimelis Lab label
The Mimelis Lab label is a Swiss label with international reach, open to all Swiss companies and entities. as well as entities with significant activity in Switzerland, wishing to support and promote their responsible commitments in key areas. The label is intrinsically committed to promoting companies that adopt a systemic approach in their practices, developing an impact at both the national and local levels. by cultivating know-how and innovation, adopting responsible and ethical governance, actively involving their stakeholders and respecting high social and environmental standards. By joining the label, they can showcase their practices and participate in a transparent and recognized process. and contribute to the visibility of a sustainable and responsible economy. Joining the label also allows you to structure and promote your initiatives, while becoming part of a community of companies sharing the same values. Companies wishing to measure, improve and further enhance their commitments can then obtain certification through the Mimelis Lab certification. demonstrating high performance and commitment in these areas.
The Mimelis Lab label is aimed at all companies and entities active in Switzerland, regardless of their sector or size. Whether it's a micro-enterprise, a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME), a subsidiary, or a large company or group, every organization can join the label and showcase its responsible commitments in a structured and recognized way. For smaller organizations, it offers a simple and accessible framework, allowing them to formalize their initiatives without complexity or excessive costs. For medium-sized and large companies, including multi-entity groups, it provides a credible tool for demonstrating the scope and consistency of their positive-impact practices, reflecting their systemic approach across several key dimensions. The label takes into account the diversity of business models and adapts its criteria to each type of company, thus ensuring fairness, relevance, and visibility for all. For large companies and groups, it is possible to join the Mimelis Lab label and/or get certified, by subsidiary or entity, or to represent the entire group.
The Mimelis Lab label recognizes companies that adopt a systemic approach to their responsible practices. It acknowledges those that take concrete action at various levels: by creating both local and national impact, by cultivating their expertise and developing innovation at the heart of their business, by adopting responsible and ethical governance, by actively involving their stakeholders, and by adhering to high social and environmental standards. Joining the label allows companies to highlight their commitments, participate in a transparent and structured process, and become part of a community of stakeholders who share the same values.
Mimelis Lab Membership and Evaluation Process
Joining the Mimelis Lab label to promote existing good practices, by supporting the Mimelis Lab community, and by obtaining certification to measure and promote them.
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The company joins the Mimelis Lab label and creates its public company profile.
It thus formalizes its responsible commitments and contributes to a transparent framework of positive impact practices, by adopting a structured and verifiable approach.
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The company can choose whether or not to be listed in the Mimelis Lab directory at any time.
This option allows the company to control its visibility, for example, to refine its profile before making it public. Partner companies or institutions can also choose to display only their logos in the partner list and not appear in the directory.
Discover the directory - 3
To go further, the company can start its certification, assessed via the Mimelis Lab Impact Assessment.
This rigorous assessment measures the company's impact on five key dimensions, according to criteria adapted to its size, sector and structure.
Obtain certification - 4
The company obtains Mimelis Lab certification if it completes the Impact Assessment and achieves an overall score of over 80 points, with a minimum of 10 points in each of the five assessment areas.
The company can then, if it wishes, publicly present itself as certified and use the "Certified M Company" logo. Publishing the results allows the company to credibly and transparently demonstrate its level of commitment to its partners, investors, and stakeholders.
Certification overview - 5
The company can periodically reassess itself to improve its impact.
The company can use the Mimelis Lab Impact Assessment as a training tool without immediately publishing its scores. It can also temporarily hide the certification to comply with certain internal policies.
A community that brings together existing certifications, labels and standards
Recognized frameworks, sector labels and international standards play an essential role in structuring responsible business practices.
Mimelis Lab does not position itself as an additional standards body, nor in opposition to single-sector certifications or high standards. On the contrary, it offers a cross-cutting, clear, and accessible overview of companies' positive-impact commitments, by integrating and promoting initiatives that are already certified or labeled.
The label offers certification with cross-cutting scope.At the heart of the Mimelis Lab label: recognizing companies for their responsible practices
Mimelis Lab ensures that companies adhering to high standards are valued in a transparent and fair manner. Certified companies can use the "M Certified Company" logo and display their scores and certification achievement on their public profile. This allows them to communicate clearly and credibly with their stakeholders about their commitments and responsible practices. This visibility is also a way for them to connect with other companies and partners who share the same values and promote the integration of positive impact practices into their business. All companies providing support for the label, whether certified or not, are valued and made visible. Partners can easily identify companies that are sensitive to responsible practices via the Mimelis Lab directory. filterable by size (VSEs, SMEs, large companies) and by sector of activity. The directory does not compare companies or put them in competition: it simply presents their commitment. Only a company's detailed public profile allows stakeholders to view its levels of engagement and, where applicable, its Mimelis Lab certification.
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How Mimelis Lab limits the risks of greenwashing
A multidimensional assessment of the company's positive impact commitments is established.
The Mimelis Lab approach is based on a structured evaluation and multidimensional commitments to positive impact companies. The certification is based on five dimensions complementary impacts, each broken down into several areas analysis covering all of the organization's activities. This comprehensive approach allows us to understand the practices of in a coherent and cross-cutting manner, taking into account the diversity of economic models, sectors of activity and the size of the companies.
This assessment framework prevents any isolated or partial. A company cannot claim a commitment specific without putting it into perspective within a aggregated, consistent, and verifiable impact profile. Publication of scores obtained by dimension and by domain aim to establish a a lasting relationship of trust and transparency with regard to businesses, the public sector, private institutions and consumers, by offering a clear and comparable reading of the real commitments.
The Mimelis Lab repository evolves over time
The Mimelis Lab certification is valid for a period of 3 years, and is reassessable annually.
The Mimelis Lab repository is not fixed.
The evaluation criteria and methods for analyzing positive impacts are continuously reviewed and improved to remain relevant in the face of economic, societal and environmental developments.
When new issues or criteria become sufficiently mature, they are integrated into a new version of the framework and published transparently.
Mimelis Lab certification is valid for three years. However, companies have the option to voluntarily reassess themselves before this deadline, particularly to measure new criteria or reflect changes in their commitments.
Independence, neutrality and transparency are at the heart of the Mimelis Lab label
Mimelis Lab is the Swiss organization behind the label and the Mimelis Lab certification. It defined guidelines strict standards as well as a clear, structured and transparent framework for membership in the label and obtaining certification, in order to limit conflicts of interest, prevent reputational risks and ensure the consistency of its mission. Mimelis Lab adopts a neutral position in its relations with companies members and in the issuance of certification, thus ensuring the credibility and integrity of the system.
Mimelis Lab: structuring and supporting positive impact
Get involved and join us in strengthening the Mimelis Lab movement
Mimelis Lab preserves its independence and its ability to support sustainably its business community thanks to contributions volunteers from its members, as well as in support of businesses and of partner institutions that share its values.
