Ethical Tea Partnership http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org Tue, 15 May 2012 11:39:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New collaboration on climate change mitigation in the tea sector http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/new-collaboration-on-climate-change-mitigation-in-the-tea-sector/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/new-collaboration-on-climate-change-mitigation-in-the-tea-sector/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 11:39:23 +0000 Jon http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3876 Ethical Tea Partnership is pleased to announce the expansion of our climate change activities in Africa. In a new piece of work commissioned by the International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint organization of the United Nations and the World Trade…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/new-collaboration-on-climate-change-mitigation-in-the-tea-sector/feed/ 0 Experienced ethical supply manager joins ETP (China) http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/experienced-ethical-supply-manager-joins-etp-china/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/experienced-ethical-supply-manager-joins-etp-china/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 10:50:58 +0000 Jon http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3865 Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) is pleased to welcome John Qin as Regional Manager for China.

John will continue the successful work of his predecessor Hubert Chen providing strategic direction to ETP in China and ensuring that ETP’s programmes are developed…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/experienced-ethical-supply-manager-joins-etp-china/feed/ 0 Improving health and safety in Indian tea supply chains http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/improving-health-and-safety-in-indian-tea-supply-chains/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/improving-health-and-safety-in-indian-tea-supply-chains/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:59:55 +0000 Diya Sharma http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3771 My colleague Ranjan and I recently spent a few days on a tea estate in Assam with two of them dedicated to training 25 deputy and assistant estate managers on Occupational Health & Safety (OHS).

This trip was particularly special…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/improving-health-and-safety-in-indian-tea-supply-chains/feed/ 0 A ready supply of tea bushes http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/a-ready-supply-of-tea-bushes/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/a-ready-supply-of-tea-bushes/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:12:27 +0000 Dushy Perera http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3723 I recently returned from a successful trip to Indonesia where I’m working closely with my colleague Nelia on the ETP / IDH smallholder project. The project is helping smallholder farmers to improve the productivity of their plots with the aim…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/a-ready-supply-of-tea-bushes/feed/ 0 Good tea starts in the field http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/good-tea-starts-in-the-field/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/good-tea-starts-in-the-field/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:11:28 +0000 Nelia Latief http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3646 Since 2010 Ethical Tea Partnership and the Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative have been working together on a multi-stakeholder project to help 1,000 Indonesian smallholder farmers to make a sustainable living from tea.

Presented with a…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/good-tea-starts-in-the-field/feed/ 0 Case Study: Helping at the heart of tea communities (Sri Lanka) http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/case-study-helping-at-the-heart-of-tea-communities-sri-lanka/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/case-study-helping-at-the-heart-of-tea-communities-sri-lanka/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:40:22 +0000 Jon http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3692 In Sri Lanka Ethical Tea Partnership and CARE International have implemented Community Development Forums (CDFs) on 13 ETP-monitored estates as part of a co-funded project with the EU.

This case study provides an overview the CDF project and some of…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/case-study-helping-at-the-heart-of-tea-communities-sri-lanka/feed/ 0 ETP staff hit the road in 2012 http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/etp-staff-hit-the-road-in-2012/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/etp-staff-hit-the-road-in-2012/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:07:06 +0000 Sarah Roberts http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3539 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 Uganda at the moment travelling with staff from ETP member companies…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/etp-staff-hit-the-road-in-2012/feed/ 0 Developing our programmes in China http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/developing-our-programmes-in-china/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/developing-our-programmes-in-china/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:43:11 +0000 Hubert http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3387 I was very happy to welcome Liz Smedley, ETP’s UK based China advisor to China recently. I’ve been working as the ETP Regional Manager in China since 2007, focusing on helping tea producers to engage with the ethical requirements of…

]]> http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/developing-our-programmes-in-china/feed/ 0 Successful climate change training in Kenya http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/successful-climate-change-training-in-kenya/ http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/blog/successful-climate-change-training-in-kenya/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:35:12 +0000 Rachel Cracknell http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/?p=3290 A few weeks ago I travelled to Kenya where we are delivering a climate change adaptation project in partnership with GIZ (the German Development Agency). The goal of the project is to…

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