Leeds Building Society is the UK’s fifth largest building society and received the Good Business Charter accreditation in 2023. The mutual’s purpose of putting home ownership within reach of more […]
14th February, 2025 By Natasha Turner, Head of Communications at Fair Tax Foundation The Fair Tax Foundation are delighted to be partnering with the Good Business Charter and Leeds Building Society this Friday 14 […]
Thursday 13th February, 2025 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of Good Business Charter As we celebrate our fifth anniversary, I’m thrilled to present the Good Business Charter’s 2024/25 Annual Report. This […]
12th February, 2025 By Megan Watkins, Senior Operations Manager at Bates Wells At a time where social and environmental responsibility is at the forefront of people’s minds, running procurement sustainably […]
11th February, 2025 By Florence Brocklesby, Founder of Bellevue Law Too often seen as a purely administrative issue, timely payment of suppliers is actually a matter of fairness. This Good […]
10th February, 2025 By Camilla Sherwin, Sustainability Consultant and Partnerships Manager at Investors in the Environment It is increasingly evident that improving an organisation’s sustainability performance makes good business sense. […]
7th February, 2025 Silver Birch Care, a supported living provider for young people across the UK, is an early adopter of the Good Business Charter, having accredited just six days […]
7th February, 2025 Last week, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) launched it’s yearly flagship report on the nature of poverty in the UK. It’s unacceptable that 14.3 million people are living […]
6th February, 2025 TSB, one of the UK’s leading retail banks, has long been a champion for good business practices. An early adopter of the Good Business Charter, TSB became […]
4th February, 2025 By Richard DeNetto, Chief Executive Officer at Change the Race Ratio Change the Race Ratio is a leading membership body supporting British businesses to increase racial and […]
The University of York, School for Business and Society published a report entitled: Tracking Success for the Good Business Charter: Developing an effective approach in November 2024. Below are key […]
Aviva, one of the UK’s leading Insurance, Wealth and Retirement businesses, has long been a champion for good business practices. They were accredited by the Good Business Charter in 2021. […]
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 […]
Good Business Fortnight will be taking place from 3rd to 14th February 2025, bringing together businesses and individuals committed to responsible practices to celebrate achievements, share knowledge and drive change. […]
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 […]
15th October, 2024 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of the Good Business Charter Imagine this: you’re sitting at your desk, in the middle of your workday, when suddenly you receive a […]
13th September, 2024 West Bromwich Building Society is the eighth largest building society in the UK and offers mortgages and savings products both regionally and nationally. The West Brom is […]
9th September, 2024 Whether you have customers, clients, members, beneficiaries or the public as the people that you serve in running your organisation, they should be at the heart of […]
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 […]
25 July, 2024 Good Business Charter (GBC) accredited organisations must communicate their commitment to paying their fair share of taxes, avoiding legal tax avoidance and maintaining transparency in their relationship […]
22nd July, 2024 As we reach the midpoint of 2024, it is an ideal time to reflect on the milestones and events that have shaped our journey so far this […]
11th June, 2024 Welcome to our latest blog series, where we take a look at our components in action through our small accredited businesses. In this series, we present […]
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 […]
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 […]
23rd April, 2024 Feedwater is a manufacturer and supplier of water treatment chemicals, equipment and water softeners, with consultancy services, who has been accredited with the Good Business Charter since […]
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 […]
26th February, 2024 Multimodal logistics solutions provider, AV Dawson, stand out not just for their efficient operations but also for their unwavering commitment to good business practices. This commitment was […]
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 […]
12th February, 2024 As we bid farewell to the inaugural Good Business Week that took place from 5th to 11th February 2024, we are thrilled to share the incredible success […]
6th February, 2024 Written by Liz Barclay, UK Small Business Commissioner Paying your suppliers quickly could help stem the flow of small business failures as the cost of doing business […]
5th February, 2024 By Jenny Herrera, CEO of the Good Business Charter. Many companies talk about being sustainable and when you ask them what they do, they will relay a […]
1st December, 2023 A case study on embedding responsible procurement, Good Business Charter Accreditation and Social Value By: Steve Betts, Head of Procurement The Northumbrian Water Group employs over 3000 people, […]
15th November, 2023 A case study on using the GBC EDI commitments to begin and inform our EDI journey By: Jane Boulton, Human Resources Director Axminster Tools is UK based […]
2nd November, 2023 Rampant chasing after profit, regardless of its impact on employees, customers, suppliers and the planet has rightly been called out in recent years with a growing tide […]
24th October, 2023 Written by GBC’s Head of Growth, Hunter Hampton-Matthews In today’s rapidly evolving world, businesses across industries are recognising the importance of responsible practices. In the hospitality sector, […]
11th September, 2023 Last week I had the privilege of being part of a round-table on Levelling Up run by the University of York and University of Central Lancashire in […]
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 […]
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. […]
27th June, 2023 Natalie Thompson of Schroders Personal Wealth shares some of the nuts and bolts of how they have utilised the Good Business Charter to communicate their commitment to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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? […]
12th December 2022 Accredited GBC organisation, Leek Building Society, provides an excellent example of how people can be truly championed, and employee wellbeing put at the heart of a business. […]
21st November, 2022 Earlier this month we had our inaugural AGM – what we hope will become our Annual Gathering of Members. It was lovely to read a write-up of […]
18th October 2022 When we launched York as our first Good Business Charter city, I was excited to connect with Rebecca Hill of Galtres Lodge, an independent hotel. She also […]
27th September, 2022 REAL LIVING WAGE INCREASES TO £10.90 IN UK AND £11.95 IN LONDON AS THE COST-OF-LIVING RISES 10.1% increase in real Living Wage, the largest year-on-year rise Over […]
26th September, 2022 I feel compelled to write a blog entry as we walk through all that is going on around us – a plummeting pound, high inflation, interest rates […]
17th June, 2022 A blog by Good Business Charter’s CEO, Jenny Herrera. When I came on board to lead the Good Business Charter, there is no doubt I had a […]
10th June, 2022 I have recently finished reading Martin Vander Weyer’s informative analysis of why we have lost faith in capitalism in “The Good, the Bad and the Greedy” which […]