Tea is the second-most consumed beverage around the world by volume – after water! Yet, despite enormous global demand, most producers receive extremely low prices for their crops, and the beverage is considered a low price/low value indicator by many retailers. The tea sector faces daunting economic challenges stemming from climate impacts, low tea prices, rising production costs, pests, shifts in worker availability, and more. Rainforest Alliance certification supports farmers in turning their farms into profitable, resilient businesses that respect workers and the land.
The Rainforest Alliance has been a catalyst for the farm’s sustainability journey since 2008, since our certification program has promoted better practices across the sector at large. We work with farmers and companies in the tea supply chain, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals to protect forests and biodiversity, act on climate change, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people. Together we can change the way the world produces and consumes bananas and create a world where people and nature thrive together.
View this report for an in-depth look at our Rainforest Alliance tea certification statistics and analysis of how our program developed in 2021.
Rainforest Alliance certification supports farmers in turning their farms into profitable, resilient businesses that respect workers and the land. Read how.
Leaflet explaining what certified tea means for people & nature and how you contribute to making a positive change by buying tea with the frog seal.
Guidance document for companies on how to implement the financial Sustainability Differential and Sustainability Investment requirements, as part of our Shared Responsibility approach in the tea sector.
Rainforest Alliance certification supports farmers in turning their farms into profitable, resilient businesses that respect workers and the land. Through training, we promote farming techniques designed to help farms adapt to climate change and protect the land for future generations—all while improving incomes for tea-farming families.... Continue Reading
We believe that creating truly sustainable global supply chains requires a shared responsibility approach. This means that the costs and benefits of certification are evenly distributed between farmers and buyers along the supply chain, so that both are rewarded for their efforts to embrace more sustainable practices.... Continue Reading
The study looks at impacts of transition to mechanized harvesting; employment terms and conditions; gender discrimination; wages; occupational health and safety; housing and living conditions; and operational grievance and remedy mechanisms. ... Continue Reading
We believe that creating truly sustainable global supply chains requires a shared responsibility approach. This means that the costs and benefits of certification are evenly distributed between farmers and buyers along the supply chain, so that both are rewarded for their efforts to embrace more sustainable practices.
We’re happy to share the 2022 certification data report for the Rainforest Alliance tea sector.
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Guidance on providing selling mark information in certificate template provided by Certification Bodies.... View more
This policy mandates a change to the requirement to use RA-S-MT-17-V1.1 Annex S16: Sustainability Investment Plan Template by Certificate Holders producing tea (Camelia sinensis) under Rainforest... View more
Elizabeth Kiende, gender expert for the Rainforest Alliance in Kenya, sheds light on the roots of sexual violence on tea farms.
We stand with the thousands of women working in the Kenya tea sector and commit to doing our part to help stop violence against women in agricultural supply chains.
