The Difference You Made: Campaigns
Transform Trade, alongside the Corporate Justice Coalition, handed in the Business and Human Rights Petition - which over 30,000 of you signed
Over the course of 2025-26, our campaigns work has continued to grow in both reach and political impact. Across our priority campaigns, tens of thousands of supporters have taken action - from contacting MPs and signing petitions to joining campaign events and community organising activities.
We have seen clear evidence of growing political engagement, with increased cross-party MP support across our work, including calls for a strengthened Groceries Code Adjudicator, a Fashion Watchdog, protections for farmers’ seed rights, and new legislation to prevent human rights abuses and environmental harm in supply chains.
Fashion Watchdog
In May, we released the Wearing Thin report into UK fashion brands’ purchasing practices, exploring their behaviour towards suppliers in India. What we found was shocking, with one supplier saying:
“When we take an order, we lock in the costs – fabric, labour, logistics. If they cancel, we bear the loss. They don’t care.”
The report built upon previous work in Cambodia and Bangladesh, and was presented to MPs and decision makers in Westminster as an urgent example of the need for change.
Fast-forward to February, and UK-based suppliers were in the spotlight for our next report, Who Pays? - which exposed yet more unacceptable purchasing practices – but this time, a lot closer to home.
The Who Pays? report was launched at Portcullis House with MPs, their staff and key industry stakeholders attending.
Transform Trade supporters also played a key role in pressuring their MPs to sign the Fashion Watchdog declaration – with 28 MPs from different parties signing up in the financial year 25/26 - thanks in no small part to diligent supporters emailing and in some cases inviting their MPs to Big Brew events. Thank you to all who took part!
Business and Human Rights
June saw a key milestone with the hand-in of the Business and Human Rights Act petition at 10 Downing Street. Over 140,000 supporters of Corporate Justice Coalition aligned charities and NGOs – including over 30,000 signees from Transform Trade – had their voices heard at the seat of power in the UK.
Don’t Cut Out Smallholders
In October, we mobilised over 2,000 supporters to contact their MP – encouraging parliamentary scrutiny by asking the Government what it is doing on deforestation and smallholder protections, ensuring they aren’t negatively impacted by upcoming deforestation laws.
In February, we hosted a roundtable event in central London alongside ODI Global, outlining what smallholder farmers would stand to lose if the new law was designed improperly – featuring contributions from the Ethiopian Ambassador.
UPOV91 – Seed Sovereignty
Following sustained advocacy and public pressure from thousands of Transform Trade supporters that signed our declaration against UPOV91 seed laws, the provision was not included in the flagship UK-India trade deal.
This was a huge win for our seed bank work in rural Jharkhand, as a privatised seed system would have severely disrupted their incredible work.
Groceries Code Adjudicator
In the lead-up to Valentine’s Day 2026, we asked supporters to send a message to DEFRA and the Department for Business and Trade asking them to set a date to meet and discuss fair dealing in groceries supply chains, following several stories of poor treatment of farmers growing produce for UK supermarkets, both at home and overseas.
Our policy teams also worked hard to build parliamentary support for the Groceries Code Adjudicator, with more than 100 MPs signing an Early Day Motion backing action.
In short, this was a year of building foundations for the No More Profit From Harm campaign, alongside shoring up parliamentary support for the Fashion Watchdog and other key asks.
Our campaigns could not get off the ground without our amazing supporters. A huge thank you to every single one of you as we build towards a strong 26/27!