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• • 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.

The report looks at how rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and extreme weather are affecting tea production, quality, prices and the livelihoods of workers and smallholder farmers. It calls for fairer prices, more funding to help producers adapt and stronger protections for tea workers.

Upcoming event Palm oil farmers in Cameroon. Photo: GRAIN What can tea learn about sustainability from PALM OIL? Join us for the fourth webinar in our series ‘What can tea learn about sustainability from other sectors?’ as we look at how the palm oil sector has responded to long-standing sustainability challenges and what tea could learn…

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

Tea industry pivots from volumes to value amid price, cost and climate shocks; efforts to tackle, mitigate climate impacts; Indian tea company…

THIRST is moving from research into action, building stronger partnerships and finding practical ways to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing…

This video talks about a 2024 pilot initiative by the Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) and the Tea Association of Malawi (TAML) to digitize wage payments on Malawi’s tea estates. The program began at Makandi Estate, reaching over 7,000 workers and smallholder farmers. Its goal is to improve access to digital financial services—especially for women and small merchants—by replacing cash payments with secure digital options.

This paper sets out the Ethical Tea Partnership’s (ETP) framework for addressing sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) in the tea sector as part of our broader mission of fostering Empowered, Safe Tea Communities. It highlights the persistent drivers of SEAH within the tea sector and outlines ETP’s approach to supporting prevention, mitigation, response, remedy and collective action across the industry.