Decision Makers’ Pledge

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

Sign the pledge

Businesses, people, civil society groups, individual states and groupings like the G7 are all demanding or committing to introducing new laws on business, human rights and the environment.

We invite all decision makers, in Westminster and in the devolved governments, to recognise this call and show your support by signing the pledge.

Please show your leadership on this issue and help secure the new law that we urgently need.

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