30th July, 2023 As we mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons it is good to reflect on how the Good Business Charter feeds into the narrative on eradicating modern slavery, both in the UK and globally. There are signs to look out for when it comes to identifying someone in slavery, the main ones […]
12th July, 2023 The word ‘culture’ is not one that the Good Business Charter has tended to reference, instead developing a focus on EMBEDDING the 10 components of the GBC. However, embedding a framework like the GBC does not flow from outside. Championing people both within and external to your organsiation flows primarily from the […]
5th June, 2023 It’s always a pleasant experience to be in the same room as a load of people who are passionate about the same thing you are – and keen to talk about it! That is what happened at the University of Northampton’s first ever Sustainability Summit last month. This was two days to […]
4th May, 2023 We call our fourth component Employee Representation and I believe it is helpful to unpack what that looks like in practice. I attended an excellent roundtable on the topic recently, run by Tortoise Media with Kate Bell from the TUC as the speaker. The key is to not only provide opportunities for […]
21st April, 2023 At the beginning of March we were contacted by former clients of Apostle Accounting to state why they felt Apostle should be stripped of its GBC accreditation. We welcome people reporting their concerns – whether they be employees, customers, suppliers or other stakeholders of a GBC accredited organisation. You can do that […]
19th April, 2023 Given the recent allegations at the CBI, the Good Business Foundation Board of Trustees has decided to suspend its GBC accreditation and involvement in ongoing events pending the outcome of the investigation being conducted by Fox Williams.
27th March, 2023 We were delighted to host our very first round-table with our medium and large accredited organisations on 28th February, and our chosen topic was financial well-being – to share ways in which different organisations were looking after their employees. In one-to-one discussions with individual members over the past few months, we knew […]
6 March, 2023 Accreditation scheme marks anniversary with call to champion people Good Business Charter publishes first annual report on state of responsible business in the UK Three years ago, on the cusp of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new minimum standard to define ‘good business’ was launched, in partnership with the TUC and CBI, […]
Three years ago, today, the Good Business Charter launched with founder members Capita, Richer Sounds, Brompton, Deloitte and London City Airport among others. The Charter is going from strength to strength at a time when increasing numbers of people want to work for, buy from or invest with responsible organisations. Over the past year […]
25th January, 2023 It feels crazy to even have to say this – how have we moved so far from such a basic ethic as paying our suppliers on time? And yet, Bellevue Law was one of our accredited members to speak out on the issue last year and call the big businesses to account. […]
