Zero tolerance child labor policy
Child labour is a fact in many of the world’s developing countries. Metropolitan tea takes strict care to ensure our teas come from estates and companies that do not employ children at any stage of the tea production process. We feel very strongly about this and wish other tea companies took the same view.
Annual visits
Yearly visits to estates and tea factories help us evaluate our
supplier’s business practices. Any supplier found
in violation of our policy will be dropped from our list of approved
suppliers, immediately.
Children and the tea estates
Tea estates are essentially small villages where workers
and their families may live for many generations. In most
cases, our approved tea estates provide a high standard of living
and education for the children of all workers living on the estates.
Social responsibility and good business go hand in hand. Always
ask questions and know what you’re selling. Please call or
email sales@metrotea.com
- Enviromental Policies
- Child Labour
- Ethical Tea Partnership
- Fair Trade
- Continuous Crop
- Saving with Metro Tea
- Frequently Asked Questions
WWI saw a great spike in tea production. As Military demand grew the British gov’t guaranteed buys from the planters in order to keep the supply coming.