Straight-talking on zero-hours contracts
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 […]
The power imbalance that can crush individuals
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 […]
Case study: “Our commitment to our customers is at the heart of everything we do”
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 […]
Showcasing excellence: how GBC accredited organisations demonstrate their commitment to their customers
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 […]
Removing the worry of getting sick: a call for safe and fair sick pay
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 […]
Commitment to Paying Fair Tax: How GBC accredited organisations lead the way with transparency and responsibility
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 […]
Good Business Charter midyear events round-up
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 […]
Good Business Charter components in action
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 […]
A call to champion Responsible Business
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 […]
An amplified voice on encouraging Responsible Business Practices
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 […]
How every corner of your organisation plays a crucial role in achieving net zero
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 […]
What businesses can do about inequality
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 […]
AV Dawson celebrates Good Business Week
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 […]
What is the Institute of Business Ethics
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 […]
Celebrating success: Reflecting on Good Business Week 2024
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 […]
Why prompt payment is an economic necessity
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 […]
The all-important S – and Fair Pay!
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 […]
Ethical sourcing: Northumbrian Water Group
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, […]
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Axminster Tools
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 […]
Plotting a Path of Reason
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 […]
Enhancing hospitality in every way
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, […]
A Framework for Collaboration
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 […]
Alert to the signs
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 […]
A Question of Culture
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. […]
The nuts and bolts of responsible business behaviour
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 […]
Of One Accord
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 […]
Truly hearing your employees
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 […]
Spotlight on Financial Wellbeing
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 – […]
Pay on time!
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? […]
Championing Wellbeing
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. […]
Inaugural Gathering of Accredited Organisations
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 […]
Independents can Lead the Way
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 […]
Real Living Wage Rise September 2022
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 […]
Turbulent Times
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 […]
What will it take to go net zero?
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 […]
Lost Faith in Capitalism – a Review of The Good, the Bad and the Greedy
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 […]
Embedding the GBC
25th May, 2022 It is one thing to say you are committed on paper to our 10 components. To embed them into the very core of your organisation is quite […]
Championing Responsible Business with Axminster Tools
3rd May, 2022 Passionate suppliers of woodworking tools and machinery, Axminster Tools have spent 50 years building our family business into the renowned organisation it is today. We do what […]
Experiencing the Good Business Festival 2022
21st April, 2022 We were very excited for this year’s Good Business Festival, as our CEO, Jenny Herrera was due to speak on a panel with James Ghaffari – Director […]
Businesses flock to be accredited by the Good Business Charter
14th November, 2023 After just 2 years the GBC has accredited its 1,000th organisation Today the Good Business Charter, set up 2020 in partnership with the CBI and TUC, welcomed […]
With people power, we can stamp out bad capitalism
5th March, 2022 First printed in the Sunday Times, online 5 March 2022 and in print 6 March 2022 “I was enjoying a lunch with my friend Simon Fox, at […]
February 2022 GBC Roundup
28th February, 2022 Welcome to another month of news and updates from us at GBC! We are rapidly growing, with 920 accredited organisations and we can’t thank our supporters enough […]
Silver Birch Care – Good Business Charter Two-Year Anniversary
Guest blog from Silver Birch Care 14th February, 2022 We are delighted to celebrate our two-year anniversary as a member of the Good Business Charter (GBC). We are proud to […]
The first GBC signatory: Guest blog from Capita CEO, Jon Lewis
Guest Blog from Jon Lewis 11th February, 2022 In 2016, I returned to the UK, having spent the prior 20 years working internationally, but based in the US. It surprised […]
Up, up and away
10th February, 2022 Today marks our second anniversary of launching the Good Business Charter on 10th February, 2020. Not a good time to launch anything given the pandemic about to unleash […]
Socially Responsible?
28th January, 2022 Earlier this week the World Benchmarking Alliance launched a report on the global state of play for responsible business conduct, sharing findings and insights from their Social […]
2021 in Review: A Monumental Year for GBC
10th January, 2022 Happy New Year to you all! Here at The Good Business Charter, we have had a monumental year of growth, as we saw a rapid increase in […]
GBC Roundup: November 2021
Welcome to another month of GBC news! We are delighted to welcome 44 new members to the GBC this month, bringing our total up to 754, with 56 of those […]
Debunking Net Zero: Practical steps from GBC members
For this blog, we would like to look closely at how our members have been working towards net zero, and members who offer offsetting services as part of their business, […]
Living Wage Week 2021
This week marks #LivingWageWeek with the announcement of new minimum rates of pay. On Monday the Living Wage Foundation announced that the UK real living wage will rise from £9.50 […]