Value Chain Investment projects that support the development of tea and coffee communities we source from

Community Development

Investing in community projects

We’re committed to supporting the communities that grow our tea and coffee and we’re lucky enough to partner with suppliers and farmers who are working hard to help the communities they’re based in to thrive. We invest in initiatives that are designed to drive positive change and we work closely with our suppliers to make sure that they make a real difference in the long term.

Where are we now

43

Projects

12

Countries

£1.19M

Total Investment

Value Chain Investment in 2022

Some of our projects

Access to clean water

The projects we work on span from gender empowerment projects to support women in the communities we source from and help educate them to better diversify their opportunities and income. Access to safe and clean drinking water has been a key focus for over a decade, along with nutrition in schools and education, including training programmes for the farmers and their families.

Supporting clean water projects

Nutrition

Food security is an issue in many of the regions we buy from. With our suppliers, we’ve supported communities to buy cows in Rwanda, we’ve helped supply livestock packages to families in Guatemala, and we fund porridge projects at schools in Kenya.

Nutrition

Our work in 2022

We invested £1.19M in value chain projects in 2022 and each year we continue to invest in these projects to support the livelihoods of the people we work with

15,300 small holder farmers benefited from improved technologies and processes on their farms to increase yield consistency and quality

We work together with industry bodies such as ETP & ActionAid to provide equal rights for women in the communities we source from. Last year we invested £269K in projects to support women in the community.

Supporting clean water projects