Planet over Profit: Summer action guide

This guide will help you design your own activity, or even calendar of activities, to build local support for the Planet over Profit campaign.

11 Jun 2026

Across the summer months, local action groups bring our Planet over Profit campaign to local communities and decision-makers.

UK companies are profiting from supply chains that destroy precious forests worldwide, threaten wildlife and violate the rights of local communities. Whether it's timber for furniture, soy for animal feed, or palm oil in processed foods, we're often unknowingly buying products with devastating environmental and human impacts.

We need a new Business, Human Rights, and Environment Act that requires UK companies to prevent harm to communities and the environment in their supply chains. When they fail, this law would enable those affected to have a clear path to seek justice. By working alongside partners in affected countries, we can create meaningful change that protects both people and planet.

How can my group get involved?

Aim: your mission over the summer months is to build support with MPs for the Planet Over Profit campaign.

Get MPs to show their support by signing the Good Business Matters pledge.
Make sure you get in touch with them over the summer to share how your community has been calling for a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act.
Let them know that you’ll be bringing the campaign to Westminster on 21 October as part of our Mass Lobby.
Keep them posted about the campaign throughout the year – not just at Days of Action - so they know these issues really matter to their constituents.

If you can show that there is a lot of support in your area for the campaign, your MP is much more likely to take action to support the new law.

When: from June until autumn.

Take part in an action this summer

Where? We’d love to see groups taking activities to summer events such as fêtes, festivals and events where there will be high footfall, but it can also be done on high street stalls.

How? Use the tactics below to keep bringing the campaign to your MP’s attention.

1. Craftivism bunting

The main tactic groups will be using over summer 2026 is to make some craftivism bunting.

Use our bunting action guide to build support for the campaign and create an eye-catching prop for the mass lobby in October.
Encourage people in your community to create triangles of bunting which show why they care about the campaign. These might include images of people, animals and nature they want to protect, or products that are causing harm.
Let people know that we’ll take their messages straight to Westminster in October to share with MPs at the Mass Lobby.
Let your MP know what you’re up to by emailing them photos of the bunting through the summer and asking them to support the campaign by signing the Good Business Matters pledge.

2. Posters and stickers

Order Planet Over Profit posters and stickers to decorate your community.

Think carefully about the places your MP and their staff are likely to visit and plan where to put your posters accordingly. This could be the coffee shop closest to their offices, the local sporting events you know they frequent, or the local High Street closest to where they live. As they go about their daily lives, you want them to see that a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act is supported in their constituency.

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A colourful illustration of a rainforest and its inhabitants with the text "Planet over Profit" in the centre. — Planet over profit postcard © Friends of the Earth

3. Local media e.g. radio and letters to editors

As with the posters and stickers, you want it to be impossible for MPs and their staff to forget that local people care about a new law to end supply chain injustice. With no specific “hook” it can be difficult to get media coverage, so think carefully about how you can link your campaign to local events and news. You can also contact local radio stations or write letters to the editors [template coming soon] of your local newspaper. Every media hit counts, no matter how brief, as MPs and their staff will be monitoring these closely.

4. Social media

Similarly, MPs and their staff will also be monitoring local Facebook groups and community accounts closely for local concerns. Create a strong social media strategy for the coming months to show that local people really care about this issue and want politicians to take action by passing a strong law protecting precious forests and communities from deforestation and other harms. You could share photos and updates about your Planet Over Profit stalls and events and the bunting your community has been making. Make sure to tag the MP and ask them to sign the Good Business Matters pledge to support the campaign.

5. Partnership working

Find your local Corporate Justice Coalition allies and work with them to strengthen each others campaigns for the new law. Collaborate on social media posts, attend each others events and stunts, and speak at each others meetings. Invite your local partners to add triangles to the bunting you are making to show why the campaign is important to their community. Collectively, you know best how to work together to convince your MP to sign the Good Business Matters pledge or support the new law in a different way. We’ve been working particularly closely with Unison and Transform Trade, so these would be a good place to start if you don't have any pre-existing relationships with other allies in the coalition.

What next?

If you're planning to join the mass lobby in October, make sure that whenever you contact your MP over the summer you remind them that you’ll be coming to London on 21 October and want to meet them to talk about the campaign. This will help to ensure they have the mass lobby on their radar and save the date. If your MP has already signed the Good Business Matters pledge then this can be an important way for them to show their support for the new law, along with asking them to write to ministers, publicise their support on social media and ask parliamentary questions that we can provide.

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