{"id":435892,"date":"2025-09-19T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435892\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:01:25","slug":"ossian-architects-becomes-scotlands-first-small-b-corp-certified-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/435892\/","title":{"rendered":"Ossian Architects becomes Scotland\u2019s first small B Corp certified practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ossian<\/p>\n

The Ossian team at its George Street office:\u00a0Martin Flett, Ewan Hooper, Grigor Brown, Charlotte S\u00f6renson and Tim Khoo. Not pictured: Rachel Gray \u00a9 Ossian Architects<\/p>\n

Ossian Architects has become a Certified B Corporation, joining a global movement of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.<\/p>\n

The Edinburgh-based practice, founded in 2022, is the only small architecture practice in Scotland to hold B Corp status, and one of fewer than twenty small architecture practices across the UK to achieve the certification.<\/p>\n

\"Ossian<\/p>\n

The careful conversion of an agricultural barn in Edinburgh into a modern family home \u00a9 Ossian Architects<\/p>\n

Certification followed a rigorous year-long assessment process that examined every aspect of the practice\u2019s operations. For Ossian Architects, the recognition builds on existing expertise in sustainability and conservation \u2013 areas that align closely with the B Corp movement\u2019s focus on environmental and social impact.<\/p>\n

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Martin Flett, director of Ossian Architects, said: \u201cAs a six-person practice, achieving B Corp certification is a milestone we\u2019re especially proud of. It shows that even small studios can commit to responsible business and set an example for the wider industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ossian team at its George Street office:\u00a0Martin Flett, Ewan Hooper, Grigor Brown, Charlotte S\u00f6renson and Tim Khoo.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-435892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115230624046291786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}