The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is a UK-based non-governmental organisation founded in 2001 by Steve Trent and Juliette Williams that campaigns on the interconnected issues of environmental destruction and human rights abuses, primarily in the Global South.
EJF’s work rests on the principle that communities in poor and disenfranchised regions often suffer injustices closely tied to the exploitation of the natural environments they depend upon for shelter, food and income. The organisation draws direct links between Western demand for cheap goods — particularly fish, shrimp and cotton — and environmental degradation in producer countries. Its campaigns focus on illegal and unreported fishing, pesticide use, cotton production, shrimp farming and climate displacement. EJF trains affected communities to investigate and document abuses, placing particular emphasis on film as a tool for recording evidence and building campaigning power. The organisation positions itself as a catalyst for long-term change, alerting governments, businesses and consumers to the human and environmental costs of global supply chains and pressing for policy reform and individual action.
