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 we do to maintain a sustainable future for Axminster Tools, for the prosperity of our staff and the communities we support and engage with. We know that if […]
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 of Growth and Product, B Lab UK, Janet Williamson – Senior Policy Officer, TUC and Soulla Kyriacou – Chief Operating Officer, Blueprint for Better Business. Unfortunately, Jenny caught […]
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 its 1,000th organisation, the Institute of Directors, into its accreditation scheme. Ealing Council, Aubrey Allen and Dawsongroup plc are some of the latest organisations to join. The Institute […]
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 the time head of the Reach newspaper group, when he told me he was keen to do something on responsible business — a subject close to my heart. […]
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 for continuing to spread the word. 2 Year Anniversary of the launch of the Good Business Charter Earlier this month, we celebrated the 2nd anniversary of our launch […]
Guest blog from Silver Birch Care We are delighted to celebrate our two-year anniversary as a member of the Good Business Charter (GBC). We are proud to be the first social care provider and one of the first 20 organisations to join the GBC, gaining our accreditation on 16 February 2020 – only 6 days […]
Guest Blog from Jon Lewis In 2016, I returned to the UK, having spent the prior 20 years working internationally, but based in the US. It surprised me how many employees had negative perceptions of big corporate businesses in the UK, and that exposed me to the thinking at the time around being a responsible […]
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 havoc across our nation! And yet that same pandemic has sharpened the focus on some of the issues we stand for, through complaints of tax bailouts for companies […]
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 Transformation Baseline Assessment. The results were extremely disappointing with only 1% of the 1,000 global businesses analysed able to demonstrate the fundamentals of socially responsible business conduct. I […]
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 the number of organisations who gained GBC accreditation, as well as seeing our team expand. We hope you enjoy reflecting back on 2021 with us as we look […]