Does a company's impact score improve or worsen over the course of their tenure of certification?

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line graph with many lines showing some increasing and some decreasing by sector
The dataset shows that B Corps tend to increase their impact score from certification cycle to certification cycle. This is a positive trend, suggesting that certifying companies make a concerted effort to increase their positive impact as measured by B Labs over the course of multiple certification cycles. Additionally, most business sectors follow the overarching trend of improving their impact scores from certification cycle to certification cycle, with the notable exception of the service sector.