Iran Has Suddenly Stopped Importing Indian Tea and Rice

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Iran Has Suddenly Stopped Importing Indian Tea and Rice. The abrupt halt remains unexplained | A World Bank Report Predicts Unbearable Heat for India | China Eases COVID Restrictions

| NEWSMAKER – Sabita Banerji, Founder, and CEO of THIRST

| FEATURE INTRO – THIRST has completed its initial assessment of human rights in the global tea sector and is now seeking to understand the root causes. THIRST founder and CEO Sabita Banerji says the non-profit will conduct confidential surveys of tea producers during the New Year.

Understanding the Tea Supply Chain and How it all Works – The voices of producers are, in fact, quite rarely heard, says Banerji. They are often blamed for circumstances beyond their control. This is the analysis phase; the third phase will be action planning, where we bring together multi-stakeholders and international players to discuss what should be done. The fourth phase will be accountability, where we support the tea industry in monitoring those action plans and their effectiveness and whether they need adjustment. "We're not blaming brands and retailers for how they do their purchasing practices. We just want to understand how it all works, where the levers for change may be, how the current situation might be driving some of the undeniable problems in the tea sector, and what could be done by those players to address those problems.

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