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S2 E11- Creating Positive Change In The Tea Industry  w/ The Ethical Tea Partnership

S2 E11- Creating Positive Change In The Tea Industry w/ The Ethical Tea Partnership

FromSteeping Together


S2 E11- Creating Positive Change In The Tea Industry w/ The Ethical Tea Partnership

FromSteeping Together

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Jun 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We sat down with Jenny, Executive Director at the ETP, to get a better understanding of how our industry is working together to create a fairer and more sustainable tea industry for workers, farmers and the environment.Today's Episode is brought to you by Silk Dragon Jasmine (Organic) Jenny Costelloe: about the guestJenny leads the Ethical Tea Partnership’s (ETP) global team to drive long-term, systemic change across three areas in tea: economics, equality and environment. She’s passionate about mobilising ETP’s global team to develop programs, run pilots and influence policies, and create transformative change across tea supply chains to achieve ETP’s vision of a thriving, socially just and environmentally sustainable tea sector. In 2016, Jenny was appointed Ambassador for the World Economic Forum’s “New Vision for Agriculture” after her role as Director of Country Partnerships at Grow Asia (a World Economic Forum focused on sustainable agriculture in ASEAN). To call Jenny’s accomplishments impressive is an understatement.  DAVIDsTEA is looking forward to joining key players in the industry, like Jenny, at the leading tea sustainability conference in June 2022 with the Ethical Tea Partnership and IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative. This event will explore the sector’s most significant and challenging issues and will investigate learnings to improve the sustainability of tea now and in the future. To learn more about ETP click here ETP is hosting TEAM UP 2022 and there is still time to join! They are looking forward to joining some of the key players in the tea sector at the leading tea sustainability conference with the Ethical Tea Partnership and IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative on 21 June 2022 in London: TEAM UP 2022: Sustainability Solutions.  The event will explore the sector’s most significant and challenging issues and will look at learnings to go forward to improve the sustainability of tea now and for the future. They'll be joined by Oxfam GB CEO, Danny Sriskandarajah, CEO of the Kenya Tea Development Agency Foundation Sudi Biko Matara, CEO of Rwanda's National Agricultural Export Development Board, Claude Bizimana, the Managing Director of  Taylors of Harrogate Andy Brown, CEO of ekaterra John Davison, Unilever's Senior Social Sustainability ManagerWinfridah Moraa Nyakwara, Dr Paula Hamilton, Head of Collective Action Ethical Trading Initiative and many more! There is still time to join them for this one day event, either virtually or in person at RIBA, Central London: https://bit.ly/38q4gpEFor a complete transcript of this episode visit davidstea.com
Released:
Jun 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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