THIRST News Update – September 2022
Highlights: Bangladeshi tea workers win half demanded wage rate; smallholders demand better prices; health and safety legal action by Finlays…
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THIRST News Update – September 2022
THIRST News Update – August 2022
Highlights: Financial crises prompt innovation & alternative use of tea land; gov's recognise deprivation of tea workers; small tea growers…
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THIRST News Update – August 2022
UPDATE: Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Tea Sector
THIRST is conducting a human rights impact assessment of the tea sector. Working with civil society and industry across the…
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UPDATE: Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Tea Sector
THIRST News Update – July 2022
Highlights: Oxfam chief challenges tea industry purchasing policies; ILO landmark decision - health & safety is fundamental right; human/animal conflict…
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THIRST News Update – July 2022
Tea prices are too low! …and other roundtable insights
On 31 May 2022 a group of close to 50 tea sector stakeholders took part in a virtual roundtable to…
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Tea prices are too low! …and other roundtable insights
THIRST News Update – May & June 2022
Highlights: Ukraine war impacts tea exports. Severe hailstorms, rain & temperature rises hit Kenyan and Indian tea; new climate-adapted tea…
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THIRST News Update – May & June 2022
Human Rights in the Tea Sector – The Big Picture: Literature Review
THIRST's new report - drawing on over 200 authoritative references - finds that despite a plethora of human rights standards,…
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Human Rights in the Tea Sector – The Big Picture: Literature Review
Roundtable on Human Rights in the Tea Sector – The Big Picture. May 31st
THIRST's Literature Review report on human rights across the global tea industry will be published in mid-May. This roundtable is…
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Roundtable on Human Rights in the Tea Sector – The Big Picture. May 31st
THIRST News Update – April 2022
Highlights: Women battle sexual abuse & discrimination across tea sector; mechanisation & land sales threaten workers homes, jobs; smallholder cooperatives…
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THIRST News Update – April 2022
THIRST’s Progress Report 2018-2021 out now
THIRST is delighted to share with you this record of our first three years of existence. We are grateful to…
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THIRST’s Progress Report 2018-2021 out now