This briefing outlines the urgent need for new UK legislation that responds to the gendered impacts of corporate abuse.
Women, especially in the Global South, face disproportionate harm from exploitative labour practices, environmental destruction, land grabbing and gender-based violence.
In the UK, there is growing demand for a new law requiring companies to prevent human rights abuses and environmental destruction in their operations and supply chains.
This includes support from UK civil society organisations, parliamentarians, businesses, investors, and over 145,000 signatures on the public petition.
As efforts to strengthen responsible business conduct continue to gain momentum, we’re launching a new briefing that explains why it’s also essential that any new law:
- Covers entire value chains, including informal and precarious work
- Embeds gender analysis at every stage of due diligence
- Ensures access to remedy and protection, particularly for women human rights defenders and trade unionists
- Reverses the burden of proof so that companies must prove that they took reasonable action to prevent harm
Click the link below to read the full briefing and learn more.
The briefing is part of a series of parliamentary briefings on a new Business, Human Rights and Environment Act. For more information, see this briefing on the general case for a new law or this briefing on the environmental case for a new law.
