About
Global Credibility Centre and the service it runs.
Global Credibility Centre (GCC) is an independent think tank in London. It works on how companies can be checked across borders using official records and open standards, and it runs Global Corporate Reference (GCRef), a free public service built on that work.
About GCC
We work on one question: how can businesses in different countries check each other’s facts without taking anyone’s word for it?
What we do
Research
On cross-border company verification, official data sources and open standards, for policymakers, registers, banks, customs authorities and traders.
A public service
GCC builds and runs GCRef, receives the funding for it, and is answerable for how it is run.
Dialogue
With company registers, public bodies and international organisations.
Publishing
GCC also publishes Global Executives, a quarterly about business executives.
Our principles
Official sources first
Facts come from official company registers, not from opinion.
Open to challenge
Our methods are published. Anyone can question them or report a mistake.
Independent
GCC’s directors set its agenda. Funders are named publicly and cannot change any fact, rule or coverage decision.
Global Corporate Reference (GCRef)
GCC runs GCRef, a free public service that turns official company register records into a signed credential, the Global Registry Pass, that anyone can check. GCRef gives no scores, keeps no data about people, and publishes its methodology and impartiality policy.