Pledge Signatories

The Good Business Matters pledge is supported by 47 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

  • Portrait of Sarah Champion MP

    Sarah Champion MP

    Rotherham, Labour

  • Ben Lake MP

    Ceredigion Preseli, Plaid Cymru

  • Siân Berry MP

    Brighton Pavilion, Green

  • Official Portrait Brendan O'Hara

    Brendan O'Hara MP

    Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, SNP

  • Official Portrait Sammy Wilson MP

    Sammy Wilson MP

    East Antrim, DUP

  • Official Portrait Colum Eastwood MP

    Colum Eastwood MP

    Foyle, SDLP

  • Official Portrait Sorcha Eastwood MP

    Sorcha Eastwood MP

    Lagan Valley, Alliance

  • Lord Prentis

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Sarah Green

    Sarah Green MP

    Chesham and Amersham, Liberal Democrat

  • 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 and Perthshire Glens, SNP

  • Official Portrait Fabian Hamilton MP

    Fabian Hamilton MP

    Leeds North East, Labour

  • Tim Farron MP

    Westmorland and Lonsdale, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Munira Wilson

    Munira Wilson MP

    Twickenham, Liberal Democrat

  • Portrait of Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

    Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

    Green

  • Official Portrait Dan Carden

    Dan Carden MP

    Liverpool, Walton, Labour

  • Official Portrait Baroness Sheehan

    Baroness Sheehan

    Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait Claire Hanna

    Claire Hanna MP

    Belfast South and Mid Down, SDLP

  • Official Portrait Apsana Begum MP

    Apsana Begum MP

    Poplar and Limehouse, Independent

  • Official Portrait of Helen Morgan

    Helen Morgan MP

    North Shropshire, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait of Carla Lockhart MP

    Carla Lockhart MP

    Upper Bann, DUP

  • Official Portrait Ellie Chowns MP

    Ellie Chowns MP

    North Herefordshire, Green

  • Official Portrait John McDonnell MP

    John McDonnell MP

    Hayes and Harlington, Independent

  • Official Portrait Kate Osamor

    Kate Osamor MP

    Edmonton and Winchmore Hill, Labour

  • Official Portrait Daisy Cooper MP

    Daisy Cooper MP

    St Albans, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait of Cat Smith MP

    Cat Smith MP

    Lancaster and Wyre, Labour

  • Officia Portrait Richard Burgon MP

    Richard Burgon MP

    Leeds East, Labour

  • Jeremy Corbyn MP

    Islington North, Independent

  • Chris Law MP

    Dundee Central, SNP

  • Official Portrait of Ian Byrne

    Ian Byrne MP

    Liverpool West Derby, Labour

  • Baroness Coussins

    Crossbench

  • Official Portrait Rebecca Long Bailey

    Rebecca Long Bailey MP

    Salford, Labour

  • Official Portrait Angus MacDonald MP

    Angus MacDonald MP

    Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, Liberal Democrat

  • Official Portrait of Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

    Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Zarah Sultana

    Zarah Sultana MP

    Coventry South, Independent

  • 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 Baroness Young of Old Scone

    Baroness Young of Old Scone

    Labour

  • Official Portrait Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

    Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

    Clapham and Brixton Hill, Labour

  • Official Portrait of Baroness D'Souza

    Baroness D'Souza

    Crossbench

  • Official Portrait Abtisam Mohamed MP

    Abtisam Mohamed MP

    Sheffield Central, Labour

  • Official Portrait Richard Foord

    Richard Foord MP

    Honiton and Sidmouth, Liberal Democrat

  • Anna Sabine MP

    Frome and East Somerset, Liberal Democrat

  • James Naish MP

    Rushcliffe, Labour