Tiri.Tese Ltd has been accredited by the Good Business Charter. The GBC is the UK's benchmark for responsible business. It requires organisations to demonstrate they meet ten specific components covering how they treat their workers, suppliers, customers, and the communities they operate in.
We are publishing this because accreditation is a public commitment, and public commitments should be explained rather than announced. This article sets out what we had to demonstrate to achieve accreditation and what it means in practical terms for the people and organisations we work with.
What the Good Business Charter requires
The GBC assesses ten components. A private sector business must meet all ten to be accredited (public and third sector bodies meet nine). There is no partial accreditation. These are the ten:
Each component has specific requirements. Real Living Wage means paying at least the rate set annually by the Living Wage Foundation, not the government's statutory minimum, which is lower. Fairer hours and contracts means no exploitative zero-hours arrangements. Prompt payment means paying suppliers within agreed terms. Environmental responsibility means a committed approach to reducing the organisation's environmental impact.
What this means in practice for the organisations we work with
For clients, GBC accreditation means several things that are directly relevant to a working relationship:
- Prompt payment. We pay our own suppliers on time, within agreed terms. Organisations that do not do this internally should not be trusted to build payment systems for others.
- Ethical sourcing. We have reviewed our supply chain, meaning the tools, platforms, and services we rely on to build, deploy and operate software, against responsible sourcing standards. That review also applies when we recommend or deploy a third-party platform for a client.
- Commitment to customers. Our terms are written in plain English. Our complaints process exists and is accessible. We communicate honestly about what our software does and does not do. This commitment is now formalised under GBC accreditation, not just implicit in how we work.
- Fair tax. We pay tax on UK profits in the UK. We do not use artificial structures to reduce our tax obligations. This is relevant for public sector buyers and any organisation that considers supplier tax conduct as part of due diligence.
Why this matters for public sector procurement
The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 requires contracting authorities buying in-scope services to consider how what they procure might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area. Under section 13 of the Procurement Act 2023, contracting authorities must also have regard to the National Procurement Policy Statement, which asks them to deliver social and economic value that supports the government's missions.
GBC accreditation is an independently recognised benchmark against which a supplier's responsible business commitments can be assessed: not a marketing claim but a documented, publicly listed standard. For procurement teams evaluating social value as part of a supplier shortlist, it is a verifiable input.
Verify our accreditation at goodbusinesscharter.com/accreditation and search for Tiri.Tese Ltd on the GBC public register of accredited organisations.
A note on what this is not
GBC accreditation is not a statement that Tiri.Tese is a perfect organisation. It is a statement that we have met ten specific requirements, assessed against defined standards, and that we are committed to maintaining them. The accreditation is reviewed, not permanent. We are on the public register and accountable to it.
We are a small studio: a director and a lean team building and deploying software for sectors where accountability matters. We did not pursue GBC accreditation as a credential to display. We pursued it because operating to a responsible standard is a condition of taking the work we take on seriously. The accreditation confirms it. The work confirms it more.