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Social Costs of Assam Tea Production

Originally posted on FoodUnfolded in October 2020.

Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights in Assam Tea Plantations

Published in MDPI’s Sustainability in September 2020. View full text here. Title Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights in Assam Tea Plantations: A Business and Human Rights Approach Abstract This paper explores how UK-based companies deal with their responsibility to respect the human rights of Assam (India) tea plantation workers. Through qualitative content analysis of publicly […]

Human rights

Black Tea: the Social Cost of Assam Tea

Originally published on FoodUnfolded September 2020. Its deep, malty flavour makes it popular among tea connoisseurs around the world. Its status as an in-demand and import-worthy agricultural commodity makes it important for the Indian economy. One sixth of the world’s tea comes from Assam, a state in North East India. Often found in various black […]

Human rights

A Human Rights Crisis Brews in Assam’s Tea Plantations

Originally published on Firstpost.com in June 2020. To make a significant impact on the human rights of Assam’s tea plantation workers, businesses need to move away from the window dressing approach of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that allows them to cherry-pick issues that they wish to address. They must move to a more robust and […]