Arden Fine Wines achieves Good Business Charter Accreditation.
Arden Fine Wines proudly announces its accreditation to the GBC.
GBC recognises, champions and encourages responsible business behaviour.
To achieve accreditation, Arden Fine Wines demonstrated:
- Paying fair tax
- Ethical sourcing
- Environmental responsibility
- Commitment to customers
- Prompt payment to suppliers
Arden Fine Wines therefore looks forward to collaborating with GBC to promote good business practices in-house and elsewhere.
Learn more about GBC at https://goodbusinesscharter.com/what-good-business-charter-accreditation-means-and-why-it-matters/
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Good Business Charter Accreditation
The Good Business Charter is the UK’s responsible business benchmark.
Founded by Julian Richer and developed with the CBI, TUC and FSB, ultimately it brings together the interests of people, business and society to define what a truly good business looks like.
Therefore it sets a high bar. Accredited organisations must meet ten components that represent what matter most — from paying the real Living Wage and supporting employee voice, to ethical sourcing, environmental responsibility and paying fair tax.
By meeting all ten commitments, then, GBC-accredited organisations proudly demonstrate that responsible business matters — and that they are helping to build a fairer, more sustainable society for all.
Moreover, Julian Richer is best known for founding Richer Sounds, the UK’s largest hi-fi retailer, which has won the Which? Retailer of the Year multiple times.
This is down to Julian’s absolute commitment to giving excellent customer service, and he knows that the best way to do that is to ensure his colleagues are happy and in a workplace that supports them.
Richer Sounds has also proudly given away 15% of its profits each year to charities.
Julian has also set up a number of his own not-for-profits, which include influencing tax policy, the public discourse on fairness and helping people in UK poverty.
Richer Sounds has survived in a ferociously competitive market and this has not just been down to commercial acumen but its genuine ethical stance. As Julian says, it is not only the right thing to do – and business bosses will sleep better at night if they know they have treated their stakeholders well – but it delivers bottom line results. Ultimately, a business is nothing without its people and Julian has always had this at the heart of the business: