Recently, I’ve been attending the Greta Thunberg-inspired school climate strikes with my 12-year old son Aidan. Standing amongst the crowds of young people as they urge action on this…
Some important issues around conditions for tea workers in Assam have been highlighted in the media recently. We take these very seriously and this is something we have been…
Later today I’ll be taking part in the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. I’ll reflect on how far we have come in terms of the positive…
Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) is a membership organisation of more than 40 international tea companies and retailers. We exist to improve the sustainability of the tea sector, the lives…
Today is International Women’s Day, a celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world. The day also exists to remind people that globally…
As a former chemist, the New Scientist magazine is part of my weekly reading and often catalyses some useful thinking for the work that we do. It’s rare however…
I get asked to speak at many different events but yesterday was the first time I had spoken at a United Nations conference. I was at the UN Annual…
I am writing this in Blantyre, where the largest international meeting on tea in Malawi has just concluded. And it was a truly historic event. Everyone who has an…
I’m really pleased to announce a ground-breaking new partnership between Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) and UNICEF that will improve the lives of thousands of children and young people living…
The past couple of weeks have been tumultuous ones for Malawi. I am here with ETP’s African team, international buyers and retailers of Malawian tea, and one of ETP’s…
Its been an interesting few days in the world of tea and sustainability, with more media interest, both positive and negative, in the issues we work on in the…
The Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) exists to improve the lives of tea workers and farmers and we run all sorts of programmes and projects to support this objective. Tea…
Before I joined the ETP, tea did not feature particularly heavily in my life. Nowadays, not only is it the focus of my working hours, but tea-growing countries tend…
When I picked up my Sunday newspaper this weekend, two stories jumped out at me. The headline on the front page was ‘The scale of low pay in Britain…
In two weeks time, 100 people involved in shaping a sustainable tea sector will be meeting in London for the TEAM UP event that ETP and IDH are hosting…
Over the last 15 years the Ethical Tea Partnership has been behind all manner of projects, helping to improve the lives of people working on tea estates. Today we…
This question is one of the main reasons that I am in Indonesia at the moment and I have had many different answers. As I described in my previous…
I have done many new things since I started working at the ETP, but today was the first day I have spent with a Protocol Officer. Tomorrow is an…
We are only a couple of weeks into 2012 and already the ETP staff are racking up the miles. Our two African staff, Jane and Wagurah are both in…
We had a very positive week in Kenya last week. Wagurah, Jane, Anu and I went through all the countries that our members buy from in Africa and made…
Just arrived in Nairobi with Anu and Rachel for what should be a very intense week. I am here for some strategic meetings with our team, donors and partners…
