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This is the Good Business Charter, the UK’s only benchmark for truly responsible business.

97% of the public want to shop with responsible businesses – the Good Business Charter is a simple yet effective way to evidence that responsible behaviour.

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The Good Business Charter allows us to address what the public expect of a business like ours. We love the simplicity of it.

George Gordon, Communications & Corporate Affairs Director, TSB

The Good Business Charter is a comprehensive and user friendly way for organisations to help show they care and for the rest of us to spend our money ethically.

Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA and author: The Independent Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy

By signing up to the charter, firms are promising to pay workers a real living wage, offer fair hours and listen to worker representatives and unions.

Paul Nowak, Secretary-General of the TUC

The Good Business Charter helps you ensure you are meeting the benchmark that consumers and employees demand – in an easy to explain, accessible way.

Julian Richer, Founder

The Good Business Charter offers businesses of all sizes a clear actionable roadmap to weave responsibility into the very fabric of their operations.

Professor Kiran Trehan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise, Partnerships and Engagement, University of York

There is beauty in its simplicity.

Liam Byrne MP, Chair of Business and Trade Select Committee

GBC Accreditation

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Accredited Organisations

122,669

People employed by GBC businesses and organisations

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Charities and public sector organisations accredited with the GBC

Our Ten Components

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What does this mean to me?

As an employee or a member of the public

As an employee or a member of the public

As the owner of a small business

As the owner of a small business

As a representative of a large organisation

As a representative of a large organisation

As a representative of a town, city, county or region

As a representative of a town, city, county or region

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