Who are we?
The Good Business Charter is an initiative of the Good Business Foundation, a charity registered in England and Wales. The CBI (Confederation of British Industry) and the TUC (Trades Union Congress) both have trustee representation on the board of the Good Business Foundation to ensure that the voices of business and employees are heard.
The tripartite nature of the Charter’s setup with the TUC involved, with expertise on the social aspects, and the CBI’s breadth of understanding of the issues, is really powerful for accredited businesses. And while much of the ESG space is complex and confusing, it’s very obvious to customers what a member of the Good Business Charter is committing to.
George Gordon, Communications and Corporate Affairs Director, TSB
Simon Fox, previously Chief Executive of Reach plc, the company that owns the Daily Mirror, Express and Star newspapers, is chairing the board of trustees.
Our CBI trustee representative is John Foster, Director of Policy and Communications at the CBI.
Our TUC trustee representative is Tim Sharp who is a Senior Policy Officer with responsibility for its work on employment rights.
Miatta Fahnbulleh, Chief Executive at the New Economics Foundation, a charity which seeks to transform the economy so it works for people and planet, is also a trustee.
Katherine Chapman is Director of the Living Wage Foundation, and brings her considerable expertise in running an accreditation scheme to the board of trustees.
The Chief Executive of the Good Business Foundation is Jenny Herrera, who is both a chartered accountant and experienced charity CEO, having built up two successful national charities from scratch, one supporting victims of anti-social behaviour and the other helping people in poverty.
The Good Business Charter was the idea of Julian Richer who is the initial funder and a trustee of the Good Business Foundation also.
The GBC is partnering with the Living Wage Foundation, the Ethical Trading Initiative and the Prompt Payment Code amongst others as part of its accreditation process as it prefers to work with respected, established operators in their respective fields.
The GBC team would like to thank Julie Abraham, Robert Bamforth, Alistair Crane, Lol Lecanu, David Robinson, George Turner, Scott Wood and Claudia Vernon for their help in setting up the Good Business Charter. We would also like to thank Jennie Colville, Kasia Gulyk Rutkowska and Hannah Winter from Capita, Alex Maitland from Oxfam, and Tim Coote and Martin Peters from Commotion for their help in the developing the GBC.
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