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Ethiscore Report: Ethical buyer's guide to tea.
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Who is the fairest of them all?
Bryony Moore wonders who she can trust to provide
an ethical cuppa.
Consumers rely on fair trade standards to provide them with a guarantee of good working conditions for workers, and support for the most vulnerable producers. Do the Fairtrade Foundation and other fair trade or organic labels deliver?
Best Buys as of March/April 2008
As our ratings are constantly updated, it is possible
that company ratings on the ethiscore website may have changed since this report was written.
Best buys for tea are Equal
Exchange (0131 220 3484), Hampstead Tea & Coffee, Purely Organic (01728 726510) and Suma (0845 458 229)
because they are all Fairtrade and organic.
Next best are Steenbergs (01765 640088) teas which are mostly organic Fairtrade, with some organic only ones.
Teadirect (0207 490 9520) only sell Fairtrade and some is organic, plus they buy tea at a higher price than the FLO minimum.
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