Raising Standards
As with all work environments it’s important that tea estates and processing factories conform to good social and environmental standards. Without them workers can be subjected to unsafe working conditions, unfair human resource practices (e.g. hiring, job allocation, career opportunities, grievance procedures etc.), and the environment can be susceptible to degradation, e.g. water and soil pollution.
How we’re helping
At ETP we help tea producers and smallholder farmers meet international social and environmental standards. Our work makes tea estates and processing factories better and safer for the people that grow and produce tea.
ETP Monitoring Programme and Global Standard
The core of this work is done through our Monitoring Programme , which is free to producers. We use third-party independent auditors to assess conditions on the ground against the ETP Global Standard. The Standard covers the following social and environmental principles:
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Projects

Malawi Tea 2020
We’re leading a coalition to help create a more competitive Malawian tea industry in which workers earn a living wage and smallholders are thriving.

Embedding Good Practice (India)
We helped Indian producers improve in two key areas – healthy and safety and environmental management.

Human Resource Management (China)
We helped Chinese producers improve human resource management practices by providing them with free training.

Social Issues Training
We’re tackling harassment and discrimination, and promoting equal rights for women/minority groups at tea processing factories.

Raising Factory Safety (China)
In China our factory health and safety training helped make tea processing factories better and safer places to work.

Occupational Health & Safety (Sri Lanka)
We developed an occupational health and safety (OHS) training course specifically for the Sri Lankan tea industry.

Agrochemical Management
We train tea workers and farmers to use agrochemicals safely in order to minimise risk to themselves, others, and the environment.

Monitoring & Certification
Our monitoring programme helps producers meet international social and environmental standards.

Improving Tea Communities (Sri Lanka)
We worked with CARE to improve living and working conditions on tea estates in Sri Lanka.
Raising Standards: Latest News
Press Release: A living wage for Malawian tea workers comes one step closer
24 October 2016
Press Release: A living wage for Malawian tea workers comes one step closer
Posted in: News, Raising Standards, Malawi Tea 2020, Tea Workers, Smallholder Tea Farmers, Climate & Environment, Key Areas, Malawi, What's New, CountryWorking Collaboratively to Improve the Sustainability of the Tea Sector
8 September 2016
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…
Posted in: Raising Standards, For Business, Tea Workers, Smallholder Tea Farmers, Climate & Environment, Membership Pages, Key Areas, Blog, What's NewHealth and Safety Continues to Improve in Sri Lanka
12 September 2014
I was privileged to be invited by NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) to give a lecture on Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) Standards required for Planation…
Posted in: Raising Standards, Climate Change Adaptation, Key Areas, Occupational Health & Safety (Sri Lanka), Blog, What's New, Projects, Sri LankaLatest Raising Standards Resources
Malawi Tea 2020 Revitalisation Programme (Second Progress Report 2016–2017)
8 November 2017
Malawi Tea 2020 Revitalisation Programme (Second Progress Report 2016–2017)
APM 2017 Part 1: Opening Agenda
APM 2017 Part 1: Opening Agenda
APM 2017 Part 2: Progress Report Wages Committee Living Income
APM 2017 Part 2: Progress Report Wages Committee Living Income