On the 30th of July, CJC members and other corporate accountability campaigners wrote to the Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, urging the UK Government to speak out against Donald Trump’s escalating tariff threats, warning that they will deepen economic hardship in Global South countries. The US has issued letters to various countries, reiterating accusations of...
The Corporate Justice Coalition strongly welcomes the new report on Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains, by the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Published today (24 July 2025) the new report builds on recommendations first made in 2017, calling for the government to introduce mandatory human rights due diligence and a “failure to prevent” mechanism...
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), British Retail Consortium (BRC), Corporate Justice Coalition (CJC), and Trades Union Congress (TUC) have issued a joint statement in response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) report on Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains. The organisations strongly support the Committee’s recommendation that the UK Government introduce mandatory Human Rights and Environmental...
The UK Government has committed to delivering a programme of change based on security, fairness and opportunity for all. This includes promises to ‘kickstart’ economic growth in a way that provides good jobs and better living standards, make the UK a clean energy superpower and build an NHS fit for the future. All these goals...
In November, Peace Brigades International UK (PBI UK) and Forest Peoples Programme organised a pivotal week of advocacy in the UK. The initiative brought together a cross-regional group of human rights defenders, Indigenous and Afro-descendent leaders and community representatives from six countries—Indonesia, Colombia, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, and the Wampís Nation in Peru. These individuals are on...
In 2019, the Corporate Justice Coalition launched a campaign for a UK-specific Business, Human Rights and Environment Act (BHREA). This campaign emerged from the recognition that voluntary measures and existing regulations were insufficient to prevent and address corporate abuses of human rights and environmental standards. The BHREA seeks to prevent human rights and environmental abuse...
The Corporate Justice Coalition (CJC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Eleanor Rosenbach as its new Director, effective from May 7th, 2024. In her role as Director, Eleanor will lead the CJC in its mission to create a world where corporate impunity for abuses of human rights and environmental harm is a thing of...
LONDON | New research shows that four in five adults in the UK support new laws requiring companies to prevent serious environmental harm and human rights abuses in their operations or supply chains. The survey of 2,124 UK adults by the polling company YouGov, released today (17 April) by the Corporate Justice Coalition and Friends...
This October the Corporate Justice Coalition (CJC) will be jointly coordinating its third consecutive Labour Party Conference Fringe event, Green Prosperity and Human Rights: Preventing UK Corporate and Public Sector Supply Chain Abuses. The event will be co-hosted by the Labour Campaign for Human Rights and SME4Labour and chaired by James Jennion, Co-Director Labour...
