News, views and events

Bonus unrest season returns; small but transformative climate adaptations adopted; GBVH persists alongside studies; real and continued danger to tea workers’ lives.

Michael Pennant-Jones, Director of T-Evolve, questions the tea industry’s reliance on audits and compliance systems, arguing that better leadership, respect and workplace…

Upcoming webinar, new resources on the Knowledge Hub, Circle of Tea update and reports from the Business and Human Rights forum and…

Tea trade union effectiveness; growing gap between wages and cost of living; landrights struggles; technological advances and more.

THIRST’s inputs into discussions at the W Europe Business & Human Rights Forum, Strasbourg

• • This month’s upcoming THIRST events, new Knowledge Hub resources, Chair recruitment and more. See also September’s Tea News Update. Photo:…

Tackling climate impacts is “operational necessity” for tea; “seismic structural shift” in Kenyan tea sector; wage unrest spreads across India, Bangladesh.

THIRST seeks new Chair; Darjeeling Tea Multi Stakeholder Roundtable 27 Nov; Behind the Brew Update; Next Circle of Tea meeting 29 Sept