About WBWO
World Business Welfare Organisation is an independent, non-governmental association. We check businesses thoroughly, once, in a way partners anywhere can rely on, and then we stand with them as members.
Why we exist
Honest businesses lose trade every day because a buyer, bank or partner abroad can’t tell them apart from a fraudulent one. Each new partner runs its own checks, asks for the same documents again and still can’t be sure.
WBWO does those checks properly, once, and makes the result public. A certified member can point anyone to its record, and anyone can check that record for free.
Membership doesn’t end with a certificate. Members find and connect with each other on the member platform, settle disputes through mediation rather than in court, and can ask the Welfare Fund for support when a crisis hits.
What we mean by a genuine business
It is legally registered
And in good standing with the registry in the country where it operates.
Its real owners are known
Everyone who owns or controls 25% or more has passed identity checks.
It declares its income
It is registered for tax, files its returns and has no overdue tax it is hiding.
It treats its workers fairly
It pays at least the legal minimum wage, uses proper contracts and keeps people safe.
How WBWO is run
- Decisions are kept apart from fees
- An independent certification committee decides every application. Nobody can pay for a better result, and members never decide on their own certification.
- Auditors don’t work for us
- Every audit is carried out by an accredited auditor with no ties to the business, its owners or its direct competitors.
- Members have a say
- Certified members vote at the annual meeting and elect representatives to the board.
- Our own books are open
- Our accounts are independently reviewed every year, and we publish them along with the Welfare Fund’s.
Who decides what
- Board of directors
- Responsible for strategy, finances and the organization’s legal duties as a Colorado nonprofit corporation. Some directors are elected by members.
- Certification committee
- Decides every certification, renewal and withdrawal. Its members don’t sell memberships and never decide on a business they’re connected to.
- Welfare Fund panel
- Decides on loans from the Welfare Fund, using rules we publish.
- Annual members’ meeting
- Where certified members vote, elect directors and question the board on the year’s work and accounts.
Registration and transparency
- Legal name
- World Business Welfare Organisation, Corp
- Type
- Nonprofit corporation, non-governmental
- Registered in
- State of Colorado, United States
- Registered office
- Colorado, United States
You can confirm our registration by searching for our name in the Colorado Secretary of State’s business database. We’ll send our articles of incorporation, bylaws and latest annual accounts to anyone who asks:hello@wbwo.org.
Work with us
- Certify your business
Prove your business is genuine, and join.
- Explore the member platform
Find and connect with certified businesses.
- Contact us
Press, partnerships and everything else.