Giles Gibbons

Founder

United Kingdom35 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of Good Business with 30 years of impact.
Chair of the world's leading inclusive orchestra.
Pioneered sustainability in the restaurant industry.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in sustainability and social entrepreneurship across multiple sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

SustainabilityStrategySocial EntrepreneurshipSocial Innovation

Other Skills

Corporate Social ResponsibilityStakeholder EngagementPublic RelationsCharitiesDigital StrategyStrategic PartnershipsSocial MediaCorporate CommunicationsSustainable DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipSponsorshipFundraisingSustainable BusinessStrategic Communications

About

I founded Good Business 30 years ago based on a core principle - If you want to change the world, do it through business, if you want to transform your business, change the world. Good Business advise global corporates, brands, start-ups, and foundations and on sustainability strategies, purpose, behaviour change, and more. We've worked with organisations as diverse as The Coca-Cola Company, Aviva, Rathbones, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Aesop and The Wellcome Trust. This year I transferred the ownership of Good Business to the Good Business Employee Trust, so that the business will be for the benefit of present and future employees. I also founded & chair the Sustainable Restaurant Association, the restaurant world’s leading accredition for sustainability active in over 35 countries. I am the Chair of Paraorchestra, the world’s leading fully inclusive orchestra, creating outstanding musical experiences around the world, and in doing so challenging perceptions of disability. I have recently stepped down from Chairing NetZeroNow, a certification to enable SME's to go net zero as it merged with the largest carbon offset provider in the UK, Ecologi; the Paraorchestra.

Experience

Net zero now

Chairman

Jan 2022 – Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

Net Zero Now exists to provide a simple, credible and affordable route to Net Zero for SMEs and to celebrate and promote those that achieve this vitally important goal.

SustainabilityCorporate Social Responsibility

Talking taboos

Trustee

Nov 2014 – Mar 2025 · 10 yrs 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

Talking Taboos uses insight and creativity to enable society to open up and finds ways to talk about issues that are still a taboo - from mental health issues (self harm and young people & suicide amongst young men) to sexual health (across all ages) and much more. www.talkingtaboos.org

Social InnovationPublic Relations

The paraorchestra

Chairman

Jan 2011 – Present · 15 yrs 3 mos

The British Paraorchestra is an orchestra defined by what you hear, not what you see. It's pioneering a global movement to recognise and showcase disabled musicians with extraordinary abilities; aiming to end the limitations placed on them, not by their physical ability but by lack of opportunity.

Social EntrepreneurshipPublic Relations

Sustainable restaurant association

Founder and Chair

Jan 2009 – Present · 17 yrs 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

The Sustainable Restaurant Association helps restaurants in more than thirty countries become more sustainable and diners make more sustainable choices when dining out through the Food Made Good Standard.

SustainabilityPublic RelationsSocial Entrepreneurship

Wellington college

Fellow

Jan 2009 – Mar 2023 · 14 yrs 2 mos

Shift

Co-Chairman

Jan 2005 – Dec 2022 · 17 yrs 11 mos

Shift is a not-for-profit behaviour change company that creates product and services that deliver positive social change

Good business

Founder and Chair

Aug 1997 – Present · 28 yrs 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

We work with organisations that want to ensure they are always a valuable part of our society, as it changes. We help them to understand where the world is moving and what this means for them, so that they can actively create their place in the future and thrive in it.

SustainabilityStrategyCorporate Social ResponsibilityStakeholder Engagement