As part of Business Declares’ Manifesto and governing principles to tackle the worsening polycrisis, businesses must recognise and speak out about the uncomfortable truths that have enabled industrialised economies to grow, to the detriment of the global majority, including the harms of...
Business Declares is an official partner of Restore Nature Now - a peaceful, legal and family-friendly march led by Chris Packham and with 200+ partner organisations including the RSPB, National Trust and WWF.We have been in the FT to grow further awareness of the plight of nature and biodiversity...
Business Declares, together with Bates Wells and we hope other members, will be joining a working group convened by Social Value International, to develop an approach to make the most of this new ruling that brings sustainability reporting into the financial statements.Please read the press release,...
Business Declares is appalled by the decision today of the UK Government to approve the Rosebank Oil Field. This is expected to produce up to 500m barrels of oil and is three times bigger than the controversial Cambo field that was put on hold more than a year ago. This will result in emissions...
Business Declares has signed Stop Ecocide International’s Business & Finance Open Letter, which urgently calls on governments to introduce an international law and crime for ecocide.Infinite economic growth on a finite planet has led to mass destruction of nature, biodiversity and vital...
Why is the scale of response to the climate emergency so tragically inadequate?Business Declares launched three years ago in September 2019, amid a wave of climate protests. We are a network of over 100 businesses, large and small across multiple sectors, that are making a stand for urgent climate...
Business Declares are proud to be a part of and supporting the initiative, Walk2COP27, which sets out to accelerate climate action in the run-up to COP27. Its purpose is to build mass participation and engagement: bringing people together from different countries, informing and educating, building...
Samantha Cooper and Ben Tolhurst are Business Declares’ Directors, who, in this article written in the Financial Times, share their journeys of how they made the change from working in corporate careers to tackling the climate, ecological and social crises, and hence how Business Declares came...
The Directors of Business Declares recognise our proud history of protest in the UK which has included shaping and improving society; for example the civil rights movement and securing the right for women to vote. The proposed Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill seeks to...
Business Declares supports Bristol City Council and Bristol West with their climate ambitions, at their city-wide net zero carbon event. Visit the Bristol One City...
Forster Communications are members of Business Declares’ network. Linked below are some insights and observations on UN COP26 in Glasgow this year, from the Forster Communications team, as well as their network of experts, including one of Business Declares’ Directors, Fiona...
Letters to the Earth is a powerful and creative initiative in collaboration with Business Declares and is an opportunity for CEOs and business leaders to pen their own letter reflecting on their hopes and fears about climate, planet and society, in the run up to UN COP 26.Here are some short films...
Business Declares is an official supporter of the Better Business Act alongside the 550+ companies who have signed up for a cleaner, greener, fairer future for all. To achieve this we must transform the role of business.The BBA mission is to change UK law to make sure that every single company in...
Business Declares was excited to join the UN Race to Zero Partners' call led by Nigel Topping in December. We have already start collaborating with other Race to Zero partners including the SME Climate Hub.All members of Business Declares become part of the Race to Zero, the global campaign to rally...
On Tuesday 9 February, the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill finally got a short airing in the House of Commons. This was a first good step in the huge strides needed to get the climate-nature crisis at the front of the agenda.CEE Bill sponsor Caroline Lucas MP secured a 30-minute...