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Pinned Post UK announces new mandatory human rights due diligence law in major first step for protection of people and planet from corporate harms
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Written statement by Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (DBIST) today unveils plans for new UK corporate accountability legislation, but omits environment from the framework London, 4 November 2026: The Corporate Justice Coalition (CJC) welcomes the Government’s plans to introduce mandatory human rights due diligence legislation as a major step forward for...

4th November 2026 | by CJC Team
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Pinned Post 6 key requirements to ensure that the Government’s Responsible Business Conduct Review leads to meaningful change.
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Press releases

The Corporate Justice Coalition welcomes the recent announcement that the UK Government is reviewing its approach to responsible business conduct – but warns that essential criteria must be met if it is to lead to action that will create meaningful outcomes for people and the planet.  Click here to read the joint statement. As part...

5th August 2025 | by CJC Team
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Civil society groups call on the UK Government to shape a progressive engagement strategy at this critical juncture in the UN Binding Treaty on Human Rights process
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12 October 2026: The undersigned 10 civil society organisations call on the UK Government to put human and environmental rights at the centre of a new engagement strategy, as part of the 12th UN open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) negotiation session for a legally binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights (commonly known as...

12th October 2026 | by CJC Team
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CJC welcomes new PM and explains why new corporate accountability laws should be part of Labour’s strategy.
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Yesterday, Monday 20 July, Andy Burnham was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the UK. Read below the letter CJC and our partners sent to welcome him into office. In it, we explain why action to protect people and the planet from corporate harm aligns with his inentions to a.) Return to Labour’s...

21st July 2026 | by CJC Team
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CJC responds to the new Immigration and Asylum Bill.
Analysis

Today, the Government’s new Immigration and Asylum Bill will have a second reading in parliament. Within it are proposed amendments to the company obligations currently laid out in section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act. These amendments would add specificity to existing supply chain transparency requirements for UK businesses, extend reporting obligations to public authorities...

13th July 2026 | by CJC Team
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Why we need a Business Human Rights and Environment Act to protect labour rights everywhere.
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Briefing

Click the link here or below to read the full briefing by CJC and UNISON and supported by the TUC.   The International Labour Organization’s core labour rights are human rights. In particular, freedom of assembly, freedom of association and collective bargaining are enabling rights: they allow workers to defend and secure many other rights at...

15th June 2026 | by CJC Team
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CJC Impact Report 2025
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Over 200 pages of evidence submitted to the government, more than 145,000 signatures handed over to No.10, twelve new briefings and statements published and a 10% increase in our membership: it’s safe to say that 2025 was another busy year for the Corporate Justice Coalition. Click the link below to download our latest impact report...

15th May 2026 | by CJC Team
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Inequality by the Gallon – a new campaign from WaterWitness
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Partner resource

We are, quite literally, being sold inequality by the gallon. Every product in your supermarket trolley took water to produce. Fresh fruit, vegetables, coffee, chocolate: all of it arrives on UK shelves through supply chains where water use is neither sustainable nor fair. Instead, the farmers and workers growing and harvesting the goods that stock...

3rd March 2026 | by CJC Team
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