Pledge Signatories

The Good Business Matters pledge is supported by 55 MPs and Peers from 8 parties.

  • I support a new law on business, human rights and the environment to protect people and planet from abuse.

    I recognise that UK businesses, investors, the public and civil society groups support the  call for a new UK law requiring the conduct of human rights and environmental due diligence by business and the public sector.

    I agree that we can no longer leave these vital issues to voluntary initiatives, which businesses themselves now recognise do not provide adequate protection for human rights and the environment. A new law must include accountability mechanisms, including enforcement and the provision of access to justice for victims. 

    A new law would:

    • Demonstrate UK leadership on business and human rights

    • Ensure people and the planet are protected from human rights abuses and environmental destruction

    • Allow investors to identify the greatest risks to and impacts on people and the planet linked to portfolios

    • Align the UK with advances being made in many other countries

    • Provide a ‘level playing field’, including for responsible businesses at risk of being undercut by less scrupulous competitors

Supportive decision makers

  • Official Portrait of Baroness Young

    Baroness Young of Hornsey

    Crossbench

  • Official Portrait of Lord Hain

    Lord Hain

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Layla Moran

    Layla Moran MP

    Oxford West and Abingdon, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Ian Blackford MP

    Ian Blackford MP

    Ross, Skye and Lochaber, SNP

  • Official Portrait Mike Amesbury

    Mike Amesbury MP

    Weaver Vale, Labour

  • Official Portrair Caroline Lucas

    Caroline Lucas MP

    Brighton, Pavilion, Green

  • Official Portrait Sammy Wilson MP

    Sammy Wilson MP

    East Antrim, DUP

  • Official Portrait Colum Eastwood MP

    Colum Eastwood MP

    Foyle, SDLP

  • Ben Lake MP

    Ceredigion, Plaid Cymru

  • Official Portrait Stephen Farry MP

    Stephen Farry MP

    North Down, Alliance

  • Lord Prentis

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Alyn Smith

    Alyn Smith MP

    Stirling, SNP

  • Official Portrait Sarah Green

    Sarah Green MP

    Chesham and Amersham, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Alison Thewliss

    Alison Thewliss MP

    Glasgow Central, SNP

  • Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

    Green

  • Official Portrait of Lord Sikka

    Lord Sikka

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Wera Hobhouse

    Wera Hobhouse MP

    Bath, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Dave Doogan

    Dave Doogan MP

    Angus, SNP

  • Tim Farron MP

    Westmorland and Lonsdale, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Paul Girvan

    Paul Girvan MP

    South Antrim, DUP

  • Official Portrait Munira Wilson

    Munira Wilson MP

    Twickenham, Liberal Democrat

  • Portrait of Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

    Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

    Green

  • Official Portrait Brendan O'Hara

    Brendan O'Hara MP

    Argyll and Bute, SNP

  • Official Portrait Apsana Begum MP

    Apsana Begum MP

    Poplar and Limehouse, Labour

  • Official Portrait Baroness Sheehan

    Baroness Sheehan

    Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait John McDonnell MP

    John McDonnell MP

    Hayes and Harlington, Labour

  • Official Portrait Claire Hanna

    Claire Hanna MP

    Belfast South, SDLP

  • Official Portrait John McNally

    John McNally MP

    Falkirk, SNP

  • Official Portrait of Helen Morgan

    Helen Morgan MP

    North Shropshire, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait of Carla Lockhart MP

    Carla Lockhart MP

    Upper Bann, DUP

  • Jeremy Corbyn MP

    Islington North, Independent

  • Official Portrait Kate Osamor

    Kate Osamor MP

    Edmonton, Labour

  • Official Portrait Patrick Grady

    Patrick Grady MP

    Glasgow North, SNP

  • Official Portrait Dan Carden

    Dan Carden MP

    Liverpool, Walton, Labour

  • Official Portrait Daisy Cooper MP

    Daisy Cooper MP

    St Albans, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Patricia Gibson MP

    Patricia Gibson MP

    North Ayrshire and Arran, SNP

  • Official Portrait of Ian Byrne

    Ian Byrne MP

    Liverpool, West Derby, Labour

  • Official Portrait Claudia Webbe MP

    Claudia Webbe MP

    Leicester East, Independent

  • Chris Law MP

    Dundee West, SNP

  • Officia Portrait Richard Burgon MP

    Richard Burgon MP

    Leeds East, Labour

  • Baroness Coussins

    Crossbench

  • Official Portrait of Cat Smith MP

    Cat Smith MP

    Lancaster and Fleetwood, Labour

  • Official Portrait Deidre Brock MP

    Deidre Brock MP

    Edinburgh North and Leith, SNP

  • Official Portrait of Christina Rees

    Christina Rees MP

    Neath, Independent

  • Official Portrait Rebecca Long Bailey

    Rebecca Long Bailey MP

    Salford and Eccles, Labour

  • Official Portrait of Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

    Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Zarah Sultana

    Zarah Sultana MP

    Coventry South, Labour

  • Official Portrait Dr Philippa Whitford

    Dr Philippa Whitford MP

    Central Ayrshire, SNP

  • Official Portrait Baroness Harris of Richmond

    Baroness Harris of Richmond

    Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Clive Lewis MP

    Clive Lewis MP

    Norwich South, Labour

  • Official Portrait Stewart Malcolm McDonald

    Stewart McDonald MP

    Glasgow South, SNP

  • Official Portrait Baroness Young of Old Scone

    Baroness Young of Old Scone

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Stuart McDonald MP

    Stuart McDonald MP

    Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, SNP

  • Official Portrait of Baroness D'Souza

    Baroness D'Souza

    Crossbench

  • Official Portrait Ronnie Cowan MP

    Ronnie Cowan MP

    Inverclyde, SNP