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Imagine… a tea industry that puts people first

Post published:December 9, 2020
Post category:Blog post

Simplifying supply chains? Not so simple. Starting out as a discussion on simplifying supply chains and sharing value more equally,…

Thinking Allowed: TEA – A Dark History

Post published:December 2, 2020
Post category:Blog post / Podcast

BBC Radio 4's Laurie Taylor talks to the historian, Seren Charrington-Hollins, about the exploitation, wars & intrigue at the heart…

TEA Talk: Simplifying supply chains, sharing value more fairly

Post published:November 15, 2020
Post category:Event

If producers have a greater share of the value, could they provide workers and farmers with living wages and better…

Want to hear some good news about women workers?

Post published:November 8, 2020
Post category:Blog post

Wouldn’t it be nice to hear some good news about women workers for a change? News like collective bargaining clauses…

Join the call for tea buyers to support Assam wage increase

Post published:October 21, 2020
Post category:Blog post

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are clear that businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights…

TEA Talk: Making Social Dialogue work for women workers

Post published:October 12, 2020
Post category:Event

The majority of workers in the lowest paid roles in tea production are women. Yet these are among the most…

Five years on from the women’s unity uprising, is anyone listening?

Post published:September 10, 2020
Post category:Blog post

Five years ago today I stood outside my Dad’s old office – the Headquarters Office of the Kanan Devan Hill…

Building Tea Back Better through Sustainable Business Models

Post published:August 4, 2020
Post category:Blog post

“In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create…

How can Social Dialogue work better for women tea workers?

Post published:July 15, 2020
Post category:Blog post

Social dialogue is defined as including “all types of negotiation, consultation...between, or among, representatives of governments, employers and workers, on…

Building Tea Back Better – A THIRST event

Post published:June 16, 2020
Post category:Event

On June 16th 2020, THIRST invited business leaders, workers’ representatives and subject experts to take part in a constructive, solutions-oriented…