The UK government has announced plans for a new law to tackle human rights abuses in company supply chains.
After years of campaigning for a change in the law, we're finally seeing the government act. It could be a game-changer – a huge step towards holding greedy companies accountable for the exploitation of workers and communities.
But there's a problem: the new law doesn’t include protection for the planet.
When forests are destroyed for palm oil plantations, communities are forced from their land. When factories pollute rivers, people lose access to clean water. Environmental destruction and human rights abuses go hand in hand.
You can't protect people without protecting the planet. Yet this new law ignores the environment entirely.
And that's not all. The proposed law would only cover the biggest companies – letting public sector supply chains and most businesses off the hook.
We still have a real chance to make UK companies answer for the harm they cause. But the government must get this right.
Write to business secretary Jonathan Reynolds now. Demand this new law protects both people and planet.