Corporate Justice Coalition

The new Government needs to "make support, protection and engagement of global civil society a central pillar of a more impactful and cost-effective foreign policy" and "act to tackle the root causes of risk facing land and environmental defenders – by ensuring effective regulation and accountability for the businesses which are increasingly involved in attacks." Ben Leather, Director of CJC partner Peace Brigades International UK, writes about the need for the new Government to step up in the fight to protect front line defenders in response to the new Global Witness report.

The new Government needs to "make support, protection and engagement of global civil society a central pillar of a more impactful and cost-effective foreign policy" and "act to tackle the root causes of risk facing land and environmental defenders – by ensuring effective regulation and accountability for the businesses which are increasingly involved in attacks." Ben Leather, Director of CJC partner Peace Brigades International UK, writes about the need for the new Government to step up in the fight to protect front line defenders in response to the new Global Witness report.

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) reached an agreement with UK fashion brand New Look to advance freedom of association for the company's supply chain transport workers. It also improves access to remediation 🎉 Agreements like these cannot remain the exception to the rule. The UK Government urgently needs to introduce a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act to force businesses to prevent human and labour rights abuses and environmental destruction in their operations and value chains. A new law is wanted by: ✅167 businesses and investors ✅ 39 civil society organisations ✅ 126,021 petition signers ✅ 4 in 5 Brits according to YouGov polling https://lnkd.in/dcxPDhNV

📢 Four in five UK adults want to see new laws to tackle environmental harm and human rights abuses in company supply chains. 💡 That’s the results of the latest polling, carried out by YouGov on behalf of Corporate Justice Coalition and Friends of the Earth which found: ✅ More than 80 per cent of UK adults want new UK laws requiring British companies to prevent human rights abuses (81%) and serious environmental damage (83%) in their operations and supply chains. ✅ 73 per cent think UK companies should be doing more to reduce their contribution to global warming. ✅ More than 60 per cent believe that people living overseas who are harmed by human rights abuses (65%) or environmental damage (62%) through UK business supply chains should be able to seek justice in UK courts, an option not currently available for most corporate crime victims. For more read our press release, with quotes from Dan Leader of Leigh Day and Baroness Young of Hornsey, patron of Anti-Slavery International. 👉🏻https://lnkd.in/eEWhmeCy

The Corporate Justice Coalition is hiring! 📣 We're looking for a Policy and Communications Intern to support our work on advancing corporate accountability and securing a new UK law. We are a broad and growing coalition, including NGOs, trade unions and law firms with a range of political and thematic priorities, spanning workers’ rights and modern slavery, to climate and the environment, global justice and the rights of women and girls, children and Indigenous Peoples. This is a great opportunity for a recent graduate/graduate student seeking to gain experience in NGO policy and communications work, and who has an interest in business and human rights. The internship is paid. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. https://lnkd.in/ejA5wc2N

The Corporate Justice Coalition is hiring! 📣 We're looking for a Director to lead our coalition's work on advancing corporate accountability and securing a new UK law - a huge opportunity to make change where it's needed. We are a broad and growing coalition, including NGOs, trade unions and law firms with a range of political and thematic priorities, spanning workers’ rights and modern slavery, to climate and the environment, global justice and the rights of women and girls, children and Indigenous Peoples. We are seeking an experienced campaigner or advocate, highly motivated by our central mission to increase corporate accountability for human rights and environmental abuses and improve access to justice for victims. Key to the role, will be running our building campaign for a new UK ‘mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence’ law. Apply by 24 January: https://lnkd.in/emxsj-u6 #CharityJobs #BizHumanRights