Commodity: Tea
Launch of RECLAIM SUSTAINABILITY! programme for inclusive and sustainable value chains
Solidaridad, Fairfood, TrustAfrica and Business Watch Indonesia (BWI) are excited to launch our new joint programme, RECLAIM Sustainability! This five-year…
16 February 2021
Tea
Globally, the tea industry employs over 13 million people, of whom nine million are smallholder farmers. The tea sector plays…
09 December 2020
Agriculture can help to fight climate change, preserve biodiversity and foster the sustainable use of natural resources.
17 September 2020
When sustainability becomes a family matter
The Horoszczuk family has undergone many changes since they began to walk a path of continual improvement in 2012, but…
25 August 2020
Time for a new approach to sustainability in the Indian tea industry
Shatadru Chattopadhayay, Managing Director for Solidaridad in Asia, examines sustainability in the tea industry in India. Promoting long-term health, wellbeing…
23 July 2020
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Kayonza: a clear investment need and purpose
The Kayonza Tea Growers Factory in Uganda has a unique business model. Its suppliers – smallholder tea growers – are…
19 February 2020
How Solidaridad’s Impact Investment Task Force struck first deal
Oikocredit of the Netherlands has announced a 3.15 million dollar impact investment in the award-winning Kayonza Growers Tea Factory in…
17 October 2019
‘Green’ leaves in your tea
Arnoldo Holzmeister recently gained Rainforest Alliance certification along with 112 other smallholders who grow tea in north-eastern Argentina. Read Arnoldo’s…
10 October 2019
Ugandan tea processor secures 3.15 million dollar investment
Kayonza Tea Factory in Uganda has secured a 3.15 million dollar long-term loan from social impact investor Oikocredit. The investment…
01 October 2019
Solidaridad Annual Report 2018 signals growth throughout the network
Solidaridad exceeded its own targets by supporting more than half a million farmers, miners and workers in 2018. With improved…
25 June 2019
