On the Road to Net Zero Certified B Corporation

About us

Good Business was founded over 25 years ago, making us pioneers in the power of good. Our decades of experience are matched by our innovating drive to push the sustainability industry forward and help our clients succeed by building a future that is better for all of us. We know the space where business meets sustainability better than anyone, and bring our independent thought to every solution we develop.

We are a passionate team of strategists, writers, problem-solvers and technical experts, with hundreds of years of experience between us. From our Soho London office (and further afield) we work together to change the world for good.

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Our people

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Emma Alajarin

Project Consultant

Emma supports climate and strategy projects across multiple industries and works on our behaviour change programmes for the Gates Foundation.

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Patrick Bapty

Senior Consultant

Patrick applies research and analysis skills to help clients transition to net zero, specifically through measuring and managing emissions.

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Bertie Bateman

Consultant

Bertie works within the climate team to support clients across a range of industries (from telecoms to finance) to support them with their GHG emissions accounting and decarbonisation pathways.

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Lucy Bell

Consultant

Lucy helps clients from a range of industries, from telecoms to pharmaceuticals, to reduce their emissions as part of our Climate Services team.

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Giles Gibbons

Founding Partner

For nearly thirty years, Giles has lived by our mantra, ‘transform your business, transform the world’ for our clients and for Good Business.

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Anna Heis

Consultant

Anna works within the climate team supporting clients to reduce emissions, alongside helping to evaluate our behaviour change projects.

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Simon Heppner

Senior Climate partner

Simon leads the climate team at Good Business, bringing 20 years of hands on experience across multiple sectors and a thirst for delivering planetary impact and client value.

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Claire Jost

Senior Sustainability Partner

With more than two decades of sustainability consulting experience, Claire works with for profit and non-profit clients on sustainability strategy, communications, insight and implementation.

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Andrew Lord

Senior Partner

Andrew runs our behaviour change team, leading our ongoing work for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation across sub-Saharan Africa. He brings 25 years of experience from within the world of advertising and media.

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David Lourie

Managing Partner

David leads the day-to-day strategy and operations of Good Business, together with the odd finance and telecoms client keeping him on his toes.

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Jennie Mitchell

Partner

Jennie oversees the climate team, with a particular interest in healthcare, finance, and developing novel tools to help understand and manage carbon impacts.

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Budd Nicholson

Senior Consultant

Budd leads and manages strategic and climate-related projects with some of Good Business’ largest clients across finance, FMCG, telecoms and hospitality.

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Larissa Persons

Senior Partner

Larissa works across sustainability strategy, behaviour change and purpose. She brings decades of experience from the worlds of sustainability, futures and advertising to every challenge.

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Louise Podmore

Senior Consultant

Louise leads climate and strategy projects across multiple industries, delivering anything from emissions reduction strategies to materiality assessments.

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Charlotte Pounder

Project Consultant

Charlotte supports strategic projects across a range of industries and leads on Good Business’ nature and biodiversity product offering.

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Alice Railton

Partner

Alice works on our behaviour change programmes for the Gates Foundation, bringing experience in African development and conservation, and closer to home, brand strategy.

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Meg Seckel

Project Consultant

Meg supports strategic projects for Good Business clients across a range of industries including travel, beauty, and food.

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Rosie Serlin

Consultant

Rosie supports reporting, communications and strategic projects for clients across a variety of industries, ranging from food to beauty.

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Kerry Stevens

PA & Office Manager

With over 15 years experience providing PA support, Kerry combines the roles of Personal Assistant and Office Manager to ensure the smooth running of the Good Business office.

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Lydia Thorold

Partner

Part of the Good Business team for over a decade, Lydia leads reporting, communication and strategic projects across multiple industries, from food and drink to beauty.

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Sirisha Venkatesh

Project Consultant

Sirisha supports client projects in strategic communications and sustainability reporting across industries, with a strong focus on social impact

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Ben Wood

Partner

With a decade of experience helping businesses plan for the long-term, Ben leads strategic projects across finance, food and SMEs.

Our purpose & values

Good Business exists to make good things happen and deliver transformational change

B-Corp Certified

We have been a certified B Corp since April 2021.
Our score overall score is 107.3.
The breakdown is:
Governance: 17.7
Workers: 37.8
Community: 19.8
Environment:10.0
Customers: 21.8

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On the road to net zero

Good Business is an SME Climate Hub committed business, with a net zero target and reduction plan.

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Our network

You can tell a lot about someone by the company they keep, and we have an amazing network of partners that we work with around the world.

Can we help?

We’d love to hear about your ideas, aspirations and challenges. Maybe we can help.