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 […]
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 being public and third sector organisations, and 698 companies. We’re so happy to see the GBC continue to grow, and thank you to everyone who […]
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, in line with their GBC environmental component. We have just chosen a few to talk about on this blog, so this is not an extensive […]
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 an hour to £9.90 an hour and the London Living Wage will rise from £10.85 an hour to £11.05. We are delighted that this means […]
Member Update This month we are delighted to have welcomed 36 new members this month bringing our member total to 712, including 52 charities and public sector, and 613 SMEs. Carbon Consultancy for SMEs GBC member and events agency Conference Care have announced the launch of a new service – Carbon Consultancy by Conference Care. […]
We are delighted to see GBC member Conference Care, who accredited with us in February 2021, launching a new service that calculates the carbon emissions generated by an organisations event, which will be a fantastic tool for small businesses who are working towards net zero. Each GBC accredited organisation must show a commitment in reducing […]
Member Update 41 new members have joined us this month, bringing our total up to 677 of which 582 are small businesses, 44 large companies, and 51 third or public sector organisations including charities. New members of the GBC team We are delighted to announce that we have expanded and are welcoming three part time colleagues to our team! Please […]
All industries have their jargon and the world of responsible and purpose-driven business is no exception. Some speak of ESG, others focus more on social value, then there is sustainability as a more generic term and what about the UN SDGs. How does it all fit in and where would we position the Good Business […]
The Good Business Charter is open for the public sector, charities and other organisations in the third sector. We want to recognise public sector and third sector organisations that have responsible practices towards the environment, their employees, stakeholders and suppliers alongside the valuable public service/charitable work they do. The Soil Association joins Oxfam, Amnesty International, […]
It’s been over 6 months since we launched our streamlined GBC application process for small and medium sized organisations, which make up over 99.3% of all businesses, and we are delighted to see a huge number of SME’s and small public and third sector organisations gain GBC accreditation in those 6 months. At the beginning […]