Leeds Friends of the Earth are a group of volunteers taking positive action on environmental, ecological and community issues in the Leeds area.
We have been active in Leeds for over 30 years. We are campaign on issues at a national, regional, and local level. We lobby MPs and councillors, carry out stunts and hold stalls, talk at meetings, work with other groups, and try to have a bit of fun along the way.
In the past we have worked on issues like: waste and recycling, greenspace protection, warm homes, airport expansion, deforestation, wildlife protection, fracking and many more.
If you are interested in making a positive change to your local area please get in touch.
We meet in person every month, usually on the 2nd Monday, in Leeds city centre.
Email us – leedsfoe@hotmail.com
Follow us on Instagram – @friendsearth_leeds
Our current top campaign: Planet over Profit
Friends of the Earth is calling for a new UK Business, Human Rights and Environment Act — a law that would make British companies responsible for the harm done in their supply chains, from deforestation to the displacement of communities overseas.
On 24 April 2026, Leeds Friends of the Earth held an event in Leeds city centre to lobby MPs on the Planet over Profit campaign. Alex Sobel MP (Leeds Central and Headingley) and Iqbal Mohamed MP (Dewsbury and Batley) both attended and pledged their support for the new law.
The Campaign:
Our world’s natural resources are being exploited to make countless everyday products, from chicken produced by soy-fed animals to soaps made with palm oil. Many companies involved in these global supply chains are wreaking havoc on our planet’s life support systems.
And this environmental destruction comes hand in hand with human rights abuses, particularly for people in poorer countries. These communities bear the brunt of deforestation, land grabbing and displacement, while global corporations reap the profits.
While many of us are conscious about the choices we make, shady practices from businesses behaving badly make it hard to see the impact of what we buy. But they must be held accountable for any damage they cause.
That’s why, together with the Corporate Justice Coalition, we’re part of the Good Business Matters campaign, calling for a new UK law that requires companies to avoid harm to people and planet in their supply chains.
Good Business Matters mass lobby of Parliament
Weak UK regulation is allowing irresponsible businesses to profit from supply chains that are destroying our environment and violating the rights of communities and workers both here in the UK and around the world.
It’s time to end corporate harms to people and planet.
Find out more at Friends of the Earth UK
Armchair Actions
If you can’t make a meeting, here are some positive actions you can take to support Leeds Friends of the Earth and National Friends of the Earth campaigns from the comfort of your armchair:
Take action for a world free from secretive corporate tribunals
Big business is using secretive tribunals to sue governments for billions over decisions that shape our collective future. This mechanism is called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). From fossil fuel giants to mining corporations, vulture funds to Big Tech, ISDS is used again and again as a corporate weapon against the public interest. We need to get rid of this anti-democratic system once and for all.
Join the movement to end ISDS and sign the petition!
To national governments:
We call on you to end ISDS in existing treaties, ideally in partnership with other countries, and not to sign up to any new forms of ISDS.
