by Brigit | Sep 6, 2022 | Community, Environment, Ethics
‘The True Meaning of Sustainability’ was initially featured in the sustainability supplement of Business Time in Essex, a quarterly print and online magazine published by ORB Member PJR Communications. A meaningful question In 2021, Google...
by Brigit | Dec 16, 2021 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
Taking the Responsible Business Standard (RBS) online course was the first thing I did as a new employee at Organisation for Responsible Businesses (ORB). Here are some of my thoughts on how it fits into ORB’s philosophy that there is a better way of doing business....
by Jill Poet | Oct 18, 2021 | Community, Ethics, General
This short blog is in honour of a true gentleman, Sir David Amess MP, who was tragically murdered on Friday in a frenzied knife attack. As Southenders, Mike and I knew Sir David quite well. He was not technically ‘our’ MP as our home and offices are in the east of the...
by Guest | Sep 8, 2021 | Community, Workplace
Domestic Abuse means different things to different people, but there is no stereotypical perpetrator, no stereotypical victim, and no stereotypical domestic abuse incident. In this article, we will look deeper at what domestic abuse really means: the negative impact...
by Jill Poet | Sep 2, 2021 | Community
Below is a recent article about the Organisation for Responsible Businesses featured in the Southend Echo, the daily paper that covers the area where our head office is situated. The Southend Echo now has a small team that is dedicated to providing positive community...
by Jill Poet | Aug 29, 2021 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
In 2014, we launched the Southend Business and Community Charter, an initiative working with local authorities and other organisations to encourage businesses to get more involved in their local communities, and celebrate and acknowledge those that do via a rolling...
