English Tea Shop Sustainability Profile

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English Tea Shop presents sustainability as part of its supply chain and community work in Sri Lanka. The available content highlights a wellbeing partnership, support for farmers and their families, reimbursement of certification fees, school supplies for farmers’ children, and improvements to irrigation. It also refers to work on women’s empowerment, health and education, and to a sustainability agenda focused on environmental and social impacts across the supply chain. The brand’s sustainability activity appears to centre on farmer communities, employee wellbeing, and wider community support.

About English Tea Shop

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
100 - 500

Country
Sri Lanka

English Tea Shop Sustainability Actions

Launched Prajāva Wellbeing

Launch of Prajāva Wellbeing at English Tea Shop in partnership with Pret A Manger. This holistic wellbeing initiative takes into consideration farmers, employees and community at large. It kicked off with a book distribution to one of the farmer communities, Pasanka in Nitolpitiya, Tangalle, Sri Lanka.

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Supported farmers' children

280 farmers' kids received school supplies to start their new term in school, and this is the start to our Prajāva Wellbeing, in lending our support to our communities.

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Reimbursed certification fees

On this occasion, we also reimbursed the certification fees to 69 farmers in the community to the president of the Farmer Association.

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Improved irrigation access

We also got to visit one of our dear farmers, Mr. Premasiri, who harvests turmeric, blue pea, moringa and curry leaves to look at the developments over the years such as the installment of the tubewell to improve irrigation.

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Raised homelessness awareness

Pret A Manger colleagues are taking part in the Lady Mayoress' Sleep Out to bring awareness to homelessness and raise funds to the Pret Foundation. Funds raised support Pret's rising stars program, offering support, training and employment to those at risk of homelessness.

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English Tea Shop Sustainability Commitments

2030

Meet the 2030 agenda

Pret have an exciting opportunity to join our sustainability team, being at the heart of driving forward our sustainability ambition and meeting our 2030 agenda.

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Drive supply chain impact

Particularly focused on the environmental and social impacts of our supply chain this role is an opportunity to work across our markets and with our suppliers to drive positive impact.