A new generation is driving change in a tea category where for decades price has meant more than taste or goodness. The trend they are forcing is about taste and wellness but so much more. As younger customers turn to tea, they are demanding a more sincere appreciation of ethics and sustainability. This offers a glimmer of hope for passionate tea growers who make tea for the love of the leaf.
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All About TeaNature and the EnvironmentSustainabilityTea IndustryThe new norm
The other side of the coin – price, value & livelihoods as building blocks for a new normal
by Dilhanby DilhanAmidst the chaos and cost of COVID are looming climate and social challenges. A focus on cheap as a means of restarting retail post COVID has the potential to create greater dislocation than COVID itself.
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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…
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The need for equitable development to address growing poverty is more critically important now than ever before. The self interest of wealthy nations has drawn the promised free and fair…
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EthicsNothing Whatsoever to do with Tea
WTO seven years on. They must be kidding …
by Dilhanby DilhanIt has been a while since Dr. Robert Aboagye-Mensah of the Christian Council of Ghana famously commented, “International trade between my country and the West is like an antelope and…
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DilmahEthicsImages of TeaNothing Whatsoever to do with TeaTeaTea TastingUnbelievable Tea Experiences
Is it CSR or just business as usual?
by Dilhanby DilhanThe June 2008 issue of ‘The Director’ Magazine of the IoD, included a well researched feature on the subject of CSR. It was to me, an informative, yet bewildering overview…
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EthicsNothing Whatsoever to do with Tea
You’re missing the point – it’s about the price ..
by Dilhanby DilhanSunday’s news was full of the ‘Primark Scandal’ which has attracted a swift and ferocious response from Primark. Naturally the company feigns ignorance of exploitative labour practices amongst its suppliers…
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The environment and climate change, together with poverty and the related malnutrition, are without a doubt the most urgent and substantial challenges that our 21st Century civilization must face. Yet we have…
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