Responsible Business Monday How adopting responsible practices benefits your business
Join us for an inspiring webinar on the first day of the Good Business Charter’s Good Business Fortnight 2025, Responsible Business Monday. This special event will explore how businesses large and small can adopt and champion responsible practices and the benefits of doing so.
Online booking for this event has now closed. To request a last-minute place, please email [email protected].
In October 2024 the IoD launched its Code of Conduct for Directors, a commission led by Lord McNicol and aimed at introducing a standard for all boards to utilise to ensure exemplary conduct at the highest level of business. Hear from Dr Roger Barker on how adhering to frameworks like the Code of Conduct and the Good Business Charter can benefit businesses in the long-term. We are also delighted to welcome Joel Ripley from Schroders Personal Wealth as our keynote speaker; as GBC’s Responsible Business Monday Champion, we will hear how SPW has successfully implemented responsible business practices and improved their corporate governance, setting an example of impactful, sustainable business leadership. This webinar is aimed at business leaders, directors and professionals committed to embedding integrity, accountability and sustainability into their operations, whether you're from a corporate, SME or other type of organisation.
Speakers
Dr Roger Barker, IoD
Roger has been the IoD’s Director of Policy and Corporate Governance since September 2020. He also served as Director of Corporate Governance and Professional Standards at the IoD from 2008-2016.
He is honorary associate at the Centre for Ethics and Law at University College London and was previously managing director of Governomics Ltd, a corporate governance advisory firm. He is also the author of numerous books and articles on corporate governance and board effectiveness.
A former investment banker, Roger spent almost 15 years in equity research and senior management roles at UBS and Bank Vontobel in the UK and Switzerland. He has a doctorate from Oxford University and taught Politics at Merton College Oxford between 2005 and 2008. Until January 2020, he served as a UK member of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels.
Jenny Herrera, Good Business Charter
Jenny Herrera is the CEO of the Good Business Charter which recognises, champions and encourages responsible business practices across 10 components covering care for employees, customers, suppliers and the environment whilst also paying tax according to the spirit of the law. Jenny works with a range of partners, including the Institute of Directors, to raise the bar on business behaviour in the UK. Jenny is both a chartered accountant and experienced charity CEO.
Joel Ripley, Schroders Personal Wealth
Joel Ripley is the Chief Financial Officer of Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW), where he is responsible for the finance, treasury and tax functions.
SPW provides financial advice, wealth and investment management services to over fifty thousand affluent families in the UK.
Joel is the executive sponsor of SPW’s responsible business network, with responsibility for the firms accreditation by the Good Business Charter and as a Gold award holder under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Prior to joining SPW, he held senior finance roles at Lloyds Banking Group and JP Morgan. Joel is a graduate of Cambridge University and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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