Needs picture slide and title India Collaborating for Change Ian Midgley, Chairman

ETP Members Joining Forces

Climate change & the environment To Improve: the lives and livelihoods of tea workers and smallholder farmers the environment in which tea is produced and climate change resilience the sustainability of the tea industry ETP’s Mission

A Skilled Global Team…

Working with a Range of Expert Partners

43 International Members 1,000 Tea Producers 800,000 Tea Workers 700,000 Smallholder Farmers A Unique Organisation Focused Purely on Tea

Regional staff Social & Environment 1995Time Strategic sustainability Collaborative working ETP’s Evolution: Making a Difference in Tea Sustainability Impact Concept Operational Producer support Strategic Partnerships Complex Issues Expertise & leadership Global Tea Sustainability Conference Sector wide change: Malawi 2020

Globally Poverty has Declined Sharply Source: World Bank Global Monitoring Report

Poverty in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa Source: World Bank Global monitoring Report

Negative Media Attention

Monitoring & Certification Producer Support Strategic Sustainability We help make tea estates/factories better and fairer places to work by providing training on: Factory health and safety Agrochemical management Fair treatment of workers Gender issues Environmental management We help make tea estates/factories better and fairer places to work by providing training on: Factory health and safety Agrochemical management Fair treatment of workers Gender issues Environmental management We tackle the big issues that are beyond the normal scope of auditing and certification programmes: Address living wage issues Improve smallholder livelihoods Climate change adaptation and mitigation We tackle the big issues that are beyond the normal scope of auditing and certification programmes: Address living wage issues Improve smallholder livelihoods Climate change adaptation and mitigation

Raising Core Standards The ETP Audit Programme ETP Standard covers all key social (including all relevant ILO requirements) and environmental issues associated with tea Our Auditing and Improvement Programme is free to producers We use local third-party independent auditors We also help producers to achieve the other international standards: 1

Equip 25,000 girls with knowledge and ‘life skills’ to reduce vulnerability to violence & exploitation Give more than 10,000 community members the ability to protect children Work with government to improve quality of education and child protection policies, reduce trafficking Influence industry and authorities to improve living conditions and access to services Improving the Lives of Young Women The ETP- UNICEF Assam programme, working with 350 communities around 104 tea estates to:

Plantation Community Empowerment Programme Sri Lanka 3-year partnership with CARE on 13 estates: Better opportunities for people living on estates Women given better control of household finances, leadership roles in communities, career opportunities Reformed worker-management relationships Reduced domestic violence and alcoholism First two female supervisors for one particular estate Raju Mariyaama Rajeeshwari

What is the new model?

Plantation Community Empowerment Programme The Business Case Measurable ROI: A 10 to 20 per cent increase in the volume of tea plucked by their workforce 25% increase in the number of hectares plucked A reduction of 16 management hours per week spent mediating disputes $2,600 - $13,300 savings per estate per day of avoided strikes Improved employee perception of economic & social well-being, among other benefits Independent Report by New Economics Foundation

Supporting Smallholder Farmers

Improving Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers 1-year training for farmers in Uganda, Malawi and Kenya on productivity & quality Also covers business skills, food security, HIV/AIDS, income diversification Local training capacity built to ensure sustainability Extension to Rwanda and Sri Lanka, major upscale in Malawi Soil testing leads to efficiencies in fertilizer application Focus on female trainers and farmers Supporting resilience and improved nutrition through support for vegetable cultivation

100,000 STGs, current practices pose risks to reputation and brand equity downstream Challenges with STG sector Very fragmented Poor yield per hectare, little knowhow about cultivation techniques Deterioration of soil and environmental conditions Poor understanding of pest management and product safety risks Poor knowledge of the health and safety issues Helping Small Tea Growers (STGs) in Assam

ETP and TGBL partnering to provide training to STG's Implementation through three centres: Dikom, Thakurbari and Jorhat Training material has been developed in pictorial form Designed to be accessible for farmers and their families Field based, “classroom without walls” over a nine-month period Demonstration plots being set up for 30+ farmers First training is being piloted in March Small Tea Grower Training Programme Assam

Malawi 2020 Tea Revitalisation Programme 1.Industry investing in its future and workforce 2.Significant improvement in wages and benefits for workers – supply chain commitment to a living wage by 2020, improved wage-setting process 3.Improvements in smallholder farming practices, yields, quality and income diversification 4.Healthier, more productive workforce, greater opportunities for women 5.Sustainable energy use and improved environment

Working in China Producers signed MOU with ETP on standards Strengthening systems on good human resource practice Occupational health and safety (OSH) and environmental management training Auditing of blending factories Training and OHS assessments of preliminary factories Training in safe use of agrochemicals with Tea Research Institute

Looking Ahead…

Convening the Global Tea Industry and Partners

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