Ethics 28

A Centre for Hope

9 months ago business as a matter of human service, Businessworthy, Ethics

On 1st September we inaugurated the MJF Centre East, the most ambitious combined humanitarian and environmental project that we have ever undertaken. Amongst the projects that the MJF Foundation, and its environmental equivalent – Dilmah Conservation – have implemented, this has very special resonance and that is rooted not in the cost of the facility […]

Three things to ponder on the 150th Anniversary of the World’s Finest Tea

1 year ago business as a matter of human service, Businessworthy, Dilmah, Environment, Ethics, Facts of Tea

The Colombo International Tea Convention 2017 concluded on Friday, elegantly supported by our most accomplished cricketer and commended by several of the international delegates as the most significant gathering of the global tea industry. For many reasons, it was so and the breadth of expertise and commentary that were shared at the Convention was a […]

The Spirit of Christmas

2 years ago business as a matter of human service, Businessworthy, Ethics

On most days there is an aura of peace at the MJF Centre. Some kids drum, others sing, dance or perform acrobatics. Some kids look a little different – they have Down Syndrome, some Cerebral Palsy or Autism – while others are ‘typical’ and come from poverty stricken communities. It’s usually noisy and those kids […]

Distinctively tea

7 years ago Ethics, tea

Tea and conspiracy have made strange but regular bedfellows, from the Opium Wars and the tea fuelled socialist revolutions to the Tea Tape Scandal in New Zealand last month. There is a tea conspiracy brewing though that is perhaps more sinister than ever before.

On business and biodiversity: a view from Nagoya

8 years ago Environment, Ethics

At the Convention for Biological Diversity’s Conference of the Parties 10 that is ongoing in Nagoya, Japan, opinions are divided on whether business has a role to play in biodiversity. Strange though that may sound, at the same Conference some businesses are justifying that opinion by their actions. Major pharmaceutical companies in several Western nations […]

The Emperor and his new clothes (Donald Trump and his new tea)

9 years ago Ethics

Funny how things seem to work in endless loops in business. Something becomes popular, it becomes a success, and that success attracts big business which buys up all the little guys who made the thing popular. As the bean counters take charge, things invariably go stale when they dismantle all that made the thing a […]

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