BE RECOGNISED FOR YOUR
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES
The Good Business Charter is a simple accreditation which organisations in the UK can sign up to in recognition of responsible business practices.
It measures behaviour over 10 components: real living wage, fairer hours and contracts, employee well-being, employee representation, diversity and inclusion, environmental responsibility, paying fair tax, commitment to customers, ethical sourcing, and prompt payment.
An organisation must meet all 10 commitments to receive GBC accreditation. Open to private sector, public sector and charities of all sizes including a streamlined version for organisations with 50 employees or less.
Our 10 components
The Good Business Charter is a simple accreditation which organisations in the UK can apply for, in recognition of responsible business practices. An organisation must meet all 10 commitments to receive GBC accreditation.
What is the Good Business Charter?
The GBC is an independent not-for-profit organisation working with organisations including the TUC, IoD and FSB to give a benchmark for ‘Good Business’ which is accessible to all.
Why seek GBC accreditation?
The time is right for a “Good Business Charter” to encourage responsible business behaviour and publicly acknowledge those organisations who exhibit such behaviour.
Take the first step now and complete your self-certification with us today. If you receive accreditation to the GBC, membership will be FREE for the first year.
How do I report my concerns?
Accreditation with the Good Business Charter is reliant on organisations being honest in the self-certification process. Therefore, if you have concerns that a business is not meeting one of our ten components, then please do let us know. Our reporting tool is easy to use and concerns can be submitted anonymously.
GBC Blog

Truly hearing your employees
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 employees to express […]

Apostle Accounting response
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 here: https://goodbusinesscharter.com/whistle-blowing/ For […]

Statement on the CBI
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.

Spotlight on Financial Wellbeing
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 this was an […]