Campaigns
Find out more about our flagship campaign the Better Business Act and our previous campaigning work.
77% of the UK public believe businesses should have a legal responsibility for people and the planet.
The failure of shareholder primacy is increasingly acknowledged by business and finance leaders around the world. Many are now calling for a shift to corporate governance that prioritises all stakeholders, commonly known as stakeholder governance. This kind of corporate governance ensures that companies are required to consider the interests of all of their stakeholders — customers, workers, suppliers, communities, investors, and the environment — in their decision-making. Further polling results and methodology can be found here.
B Lab UK initiates campaigns (open to all businesses) to accelerate this shift. Find out more about the Better Business Act, The Power of Business, and Boardroom 2030 below.
The Better Business Act would transform the way Britain does business
Britain needs business at its best – helping to fix urgent problems like climate change and inequality, poverty and unemployment.
B Lab UK’s flagship policy campaign, the Better Business Act, sets out to transform the way Britain does business so every single company takes ownership of its social and environmental impact.
Backed by over 3,300 businesses and organisations, the Better Business Act coalition is calling on the UK government to amend Section 172 of the Companies Act, which sets out the ‘job description’ for company directors to ensure they align social and environmental impact with shareholder returns.
A small change in the law will make a big change in the world. It will allow businesses to make decisions in all of our long-term interests, helping to create a just and sustainable future.
Advocating for policy change
Our economic system needs structural change, and B Corps prove daily that a business model serving all stakeholders—not just shareholders—is stronger, more resilient, and better for the economy.
Having united over 3,000 businesses within three years of launching the Better Business Act, B Lab UK is now building on this momentum to set out the strategic case for a broader policy agenda, grounded in B Corp best practice. We have identified five priority areas for the government to act on first to drive a race to the top across the UK economy.
The pitch for better business
The Post Office, P&O and many other high profile corporate scandals have made clear that the current model of business – where making profit for shareholders is prioritised – is broken. To help solve the urgent problems facing society today, all businesses need to be empowered to think beyond profit, and create solutions to the social, environmental and economic crises we face.
Hear business leaders and friends of the campaign make their pitch for better business.
The UK's cost of living crisis has taken hold
As the crisis unfolds, UK businesses will experience it in different ways — but all face urgent decisions on how to respond. We've developed a short guide — the power of business — that delves into the different ways businesses can support community livelihoods and small businesses during the current crisis, based on the insights of business leaders and industry experts. Not all companies are able to help right now – for some, it's simply a matter of survival. This short guide is for those that can.
Use this resource as your starting point. Share it with your senior leaders, suppliers and investors. Use the power you have to lift others and lead change.
Imagine the future of boardrooms
Boardroom 2030 invites and equips businesses to explore what a 2030 future could look like while drawing attention to the changes we must make to our boards today.
B Lab UK is calling on businesses (B Corps and non-B Corps alike) to commit to hosting a Boardroom 2030 activation. This means running a board or SLT meeting in a different way – engaging key people (inside and outside the business) to address challenges and make decisions to future-proof your business and the world.
