Stroud Resourcing Accredited by Good Business Charter

Stroud resourcing are delighted to announce we have joined local organisations such as The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York & Scarborough NHS Foundation Trust, and University of York in signing up to the Good Business Charter (GBC) and Real Living Wage scheme, an accreditation that seeks to raise the bar on business practices for employees, tax, the environment, customers, and suppliers.

Here in Yorkshire, it is estimated that a third of all workers earn less than £10 per hour, and the proportion of people working zero-hours contracts continues to increase each year. What’s more, our own industry – recruitment and staffing – is notorious for unethical work practices and a lack of diversity. These issues affect all of us, as they create more inequality, drive down standards, and ultimately harm the economy by preventing individuals and businesses from reaching their full potential.

Whilst Stroud Resourcing pride ourselves on our commitment to diversity, training, fair pay and ethical practices, we were delighted to discover the Good Business Charter scheme, which gave us the framework to take our Real Living Wage commitment to the next level by signing up to 10 pledges which will ensure that our values remain at the heart of everything we do, even as we grow to the next level.

The GBC’s 10 components we’re committed to following are:

1. We commit to pay our directly employed and regularly contracted staff the real living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

2. We commit to only use zero or minimal hours contracts when it is mutually beneficial and accepted by both us and the employee.

3. We will actively support and encourage employee well-being treating those with legitimate sickness in a fair and respectful manner and promote access to impartial support and advice for employees with physical and mental health needs.

4. We commit to having a way where every employee can make suggestions or raise issues with senior management.

5. We commit to have robust measures in place to encourage diversity at key stages of recruitment, selection, and retention of employees and to prevent harassment or victimisation in the workplace.

6. We care about the environment and encourage the development of good environmental practice as an organisation, seeking to minimise our impact and commit to improve it.

7. We commit to pay our taxes where applicable, only use tax allowances for the purpose intended, and be transparent in our relationship with HMRC.

8. We have a clear commitment to our stakeholders and prioritise addressing and learning from stakeholder feedback, seeking to put negative issues right.

9. We commit to ethical sourcing of anything we purchase, such as by applying standards set out in the Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code where relevant. 

10. We commit to paying our suppliers promptly, and within at least 30 days.

More details for each of these components can be found on their website: www.goodbusinesscharter.com