9th October, 2025 Earlier this year, we were delighted to welcome the Institute for Customer Services (ICS) to the Good Business Charter (GBC). They joined fellow ICS members and GBC-accredited organisations such as Aviva, Legal & General, Northumbrian Water Group and TSB . During ICS’s National Customer Service Week, we’re highlighting our Commitment to Customers […]
5th March, 2025 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of Good Business Charter Yesterday, the Department for Business and Trade announced the amendments being tabled for the Employment Rights Bill. Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, who recently spoke at our anniversary celebration said: “For too long millions of workers have been forced to face insecure, low paid […]
How do we really know what a company is like? Often it is only when you work at it that the true nature of its priorities and culture become obvious – though other stakeholders may get a sense in their interactions with them. Richer Sounds is well known as a company with an incredibly high […]
14th November, 2024 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of the Good Business Charter For the final part of our Autumn blog series on workers’ rights, we’re addressing zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) and why the Good Business Charter supports efforts to end exploitative practices in these arrangements. While ZHCs are often defended for their flexibility, a closer look […]
5th September, 2024 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of the Good Business Charter The Centre for Progressive Change is leading the way on its Safe Sick Pay campaign, a crucial initiative in a country where the Statutory Sick Pay system is one of the least generous in Europe. This is an area where the leadership shown by […]
24th May, 2024 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of the Good Business Charter It has never been more important to take a stand for a capitalism that does right by people and planet. We have grown accustomed to businesses who prioritise profit over people – in whole sectors we accept that low wages and insecure work […]
14th May, 2024 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of the Good Business Charter I think we all know that on our own we can achieve little. It is as we partner with others that our collective voice can be amplified and the potential for change increases. We are proud to partner with the Institute of Directors […]
19th March, 2024 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of the Good Business Charter Oxfam started the year publishing a report entitled ‘Inequality Inc: How corporate power divides our world and the need for a new era of public action‘. It followed the annual cry from the High Pay Centre about how few days it takes the […]
19th February, 2024 As chair of the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE), that is a question that I am regularly asked. We exist to champion the highest standards of ethical business behaviour. So we have a lot in common with the Good Business Charter – of which I am a big fan. Charles Wookey and […]
7th February, 2024 The Good Business Foundation announced today in its inaugural Good Business Week that it had reaccredited business group the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Good Business Charter accreditation represents a high bar of responsible business behaviour, held by companies including Aviva, TSB, St James’ Place and Richer Sounds. Following the allegations in […]
