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 Due Diligence (mHREDD) legislation to hold businesses legally accountable for preventing human rights and environmental harms in their supply chains.
Together, ETI, BRC, CJC and TUC represent:
- Over 350 UK high street brands with £800bn in combined turnover
- Trade unions representing 230 million workers worldwide
- Over 100 civil society organisations globally
The joint statement urges the government to act swiftly, ensuring that responsible business practices become the norm, not the exception.
