St Albans District for fair supply chains

Daisy Cooper MP, Victoria Collins MP

An image of a rainforest with the words PLANET OVER PROFIT superimposed over it.
Ask your local MP, Daisy Cooper MP/Victoria Collins  MP to support a new UK law to protect forests and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and others around the world. You can join the movement for fair supply chains in St Albans District and beyond...

Precious forests around the world are being destroyed at an alarming rate. From the tropical rainforests of the Amazon and in Southeast Asia, to the Cerrado in South America, ancient trees and other habitats are being destroyed to make way for palm oil and timber plantations, vast soy fields and mega cattle farms. UK companies are profiting from global supply chains that destroy habitats worldwide, with devastating consequences for wildlife, the climate, and communities. We need a new law that requires UK companies to prevent harm to people and the environment in their supply chains, wherever they operate.

Here in St Albans District we love our woodlands and can see how forests like Heartwood provide a huge boost to biodiversity and lock up climate wrecking carbon. We need to be able to buy products from UK companies safe in the knowledge that no environmental or human rights abuses have taken place in the production of those products.

By demanding a new law, you’ll help transform how UK companies operate globally. Alongside affected communities and international partners, you’ll be part of a growing movement that prioritises planet over profit. And you’ll add your voice to thousands demanding that corporations are held legally accountable for the environmental harms and human rights abuses in their supply chains.

To: Daisy Cooper MP, Victoria Collins MP
From: [Your Name]

I am deeply concerned about the plight of the world’s forests and the people who depend on them for their livelihoods. Companies are exploiting forests for profit, communities are suffering and precious wildlife is disappearing. Forest loss is also a major contributor to climate breakdown.

I urge you to do all you can to protect forests. Please sign the Good Business Matters Pledge and support a new law holding UK companies to account for human rights abuses and environmental harm – including all deforestation – in their supply chains.