Updates & Resources
Civil society organisations respond to Government plans to review approach to responsible business conduct
As part of its new Trade Strategy, launched on 26 June 2025, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has announced that it will be reviewing the UK’s approach to ensuring responsible business conduct in global supply chains. In this statement, the UK’s Corporate Justice Coalition responds with six criteria that must be met to ensure meaningful outcomes for people and the planet.
New position paper on business and human rights from the perspective of rights-holders
Protecting and Realising the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant peoples and Local Communities in the Context of Business and Human Rights is a new position paper co-authored by Indigenous, Afro-descendant, local community and civil society leaders who stand up daily against business harms to their human rights and the environment – harms connected to UK businesses and financial institutions.
New campaign from Fairtrade calls on UK Government, businesses, tea sector and tea drinkers to take action for fairer tea.
Read “Brew it Fair” to dive deeper into the reality for tea workers today and how we can all play a part in making the trade system fairer.
The Case for Change: Why human rights defenders need a UK law on mandatory due diligence
A new Peace Brigades International (PBI) UK investigation shows links between UK companies, environmental devastation and attacks on rights activists calling for law to ensure effective due diligence.
Lola Young's Private Members Bill has second reading
Lola Young's Private Members Bill has it's second reading in the House of Lords. Anti-Slavery International explains why such ground-breaking legislation is urgently needed in the UK.
Polling reaffirms: 4 in 5 UK adults want new UK laws requiring British companies to prevent human rights abuses and environmental damage
YouGov polling from April 2024 shows that more than 80% of British adults want new UK laws requiring British companies to prevent human rights abuses and environmental damage in their supply chain, and 73% think UK companies should be doing more to reduce their contribution to global warming.
Corporate Justice Coalition: Time for change – MPs from across parties turn out for CJC event
At the end of May, CJC joined the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights to host the event “Levelling the playing field for UK companies: Mandatory supply chain due diligence to protect human rights and the environment” in Parliament.
UK efforts to reduce global deforestation undermined by ignoring indigenous peoples’ rights
Under Schedule 17 of the UK Environment Act, certain businesses will be required to prove that their products are “deforestation-free” and compliant with local laws, but respect for indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights – in particular their land rights - has not been expressly required.
New UK law won’t halt deforestation or protect human rights
Commodity supply chains are trashing forests and trampling human rights. Clare Oxborrow from Friend of the Earth explains why the government’s new Environment Act will fail to protect communities and why it must take effective action to regulate UK companies.
Rights groups join forces to call for UK corporate accountability laws
Almost 30 organisations have joined forces to call for the UK to follow in the footsteps of its European partners by introducing corporate accountability laws requiring companies to undertake human rights and environmental due diligence across their supply chains.
We need a new law to root out corporate supply chain abuses — wherever they take place
It’s abundantly clear that despite repeated scandals and inquiries — and share prices fluctuating in line with each new development — the problems of Boohoo and other companies tackling abuses in supply chains, whether in the UK, China or anywhere else, remain far from solved.