History of the CommunityMark

Building on 26 years of work with the Percent Standard and the Corporate Responsibility Index, Business in the Community established the CommunityMark to provide companies with new standards and forms of recognition for the next generation of developments in corporate community investment.   

The CommunityMark was created in consultation with representatives from London Benchmarking Group, National Council for Volunteering Organisations, Charities Aid Foundation, the the Office of the Third Sector and Volunteering England. The scheme was subsequently piloted with 33 companies representing a cross section of sectors, sizes, and approaches to corporate community investment and opened for applications in October 2007.

Good from the inside, out - since 2008

The CommunityMark launched in 2007 as the UK's only national standard that recognises businesses demonstrating excellence in community investment.

In its inaugural year, 20 pioneer companies celebrated their achievement of the standard in 2008. Registrations for the standard are submitted biannually and companies achieving the standard are monitored after 18 months to ensure their ongoing commitment to community investment.  

Find out how to apply for the CommunityMark