Shining a light on wages in the tea industry
A report has just been published. It is the result of a multi-stakeholder project led by the ETP and Oxfam with additional funding from IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative and Unilever, and which has the support of the certification organisations …
American Family-Owned Tea Blender joins the ETP
We’re delighted to announce that Bigelow Tea has joined the Ethical Tea Partnership. The US-based family-owned tea blender was founded in 1945 by Ruth Campbell Bigelow.
Bigelow Tea is the ETP’s sixth member from North America and brings the total …
Up and coming tea chain joins the ETP
The Ethical Tea Partnership is pleased to introduce Tea Monkey as its 27th member. Tea Monkey is a small chain of up-market tea cafes with big ambitions and franchise expansion plans, and it is the first ever food service …
The ETP joins the China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Tea Association (CTMA) recently approved the Ethical Tea Partnership as a foreign member, increasing the ETP’s capacity to bring about further social and environmental improvements to the sector.
The development means the ETP will be much …
Gracious Mnjengezulu employed by the ETP, RA & Utz
The Ethical Tea Partnership is pleased to announce the appointment of Gracious Mnjengezulu as Country Manager for Malawi. Gracious is jointly employed by the ETP, Rainforest Alliance and Utz, and will be responsible for helping both smallholder tea farmers and …
The unmissable tea and sustainability event
The ETP and IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative are hosting TEAM UP 2013 – the unmissable event for tea and sustainability in London Tuesday 18 June. Building on the success of last year’s ETP summer event, which was open …
Shaping the future of the tea industry
The Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) is part of coalition of organisations steering the development of a set of scenarios of the tea sector in 2030, which aim to catalyse creative thinking and new partnerships that can accelerate a more sustainable …
An Industry in Transition: The Future of the Plantation Community, Sri Lanka
Today in Colombo, Sri Lanka, various stakeholders and key representatives from the tea industry have come together to share the vision of the future of the sector and the challenges it faces. ETP, CARE Sri Lanka, and World University Services …
Second German tea company joins the ETP
The Ethical Tea Partnership’s German membership continues to expand: in October, Hamburg based tea importers interTee joined the organisation, bringing the ETP’s membership to twenty-six.
Intertee was established in 1967 to import tea into the German market, and in the …
Sri Lankan tea industry welcomes increased health and safety capacity
The first year of the partnership between the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP), World University Service of Canada (WUSC), and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Ministry of Labour, to embed good health and safety practice …

