Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury
Impose high import tariffs on goods not certified as sustainably sourced
Closed
43 signatures
What the petition asks
The UK government should place high import taxes on goods derived from activities which damage the environment e.g. Brazilian animal feed, wood, meat from land which was previously rainforest, the destruction of which threatens significant environmental changes with dire global consequences.
Environmental destruction should not be profitable. When we buy the products of environmental damage we encourage and perpetuate the problem.
To shift U.K. consumption to sustainable activities we should make it expensive to import items, the creation of which threatens our safety due to the damage it has made to our environment.
When we stop paying for goods produced through activities which destroy the planet, these activities will stop.
To shift U.K. consumption to sustainable activities we should make it expensive to import items, the creation of which threatens our safety due to the damage it has made to our environment.
When we stop paying for goods produced through activities which destroy the planet, these activities will stop.
Timeline
| 29 Apr 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Oct 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
43
Status
Closed
Department
HM Treasury
Opened
29 Apr 2021
Closed
29 Oct 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.