Sustainability & Values

sustainability & environment

We try to do the decent thing; tea is a natural product and that means it shouldn't be adulterated by anything nasty (including attitudes). We source our teas from top quality, well-run estates. Due to quality and sourcing reasons, not all of our teas are organic but they are always 100% natural and tested against pesticides. Our green credentials in a nutshell…

100% plant based packaging

  • tea temple: made from corn starch and paper. Breaks down in industrial composting within 12 weeks, so best to pop in your commercial compost collection. 
  • inner bag: Looks like plastic, but made from wood pulp, genius! Suitable for home compost and commercial compost collection.
  • outer pack: FSC certified paper board and printed with vegetable ink. Recyclable.

green packaging

Find out more about our green packaging read here.

rainforest alliance

rainforest alliance

Our everyday brew blend has Rainforest Alliance certification. Here is a little more about the work and objectives of the Rainforest Alliance and a nice little video which sums up the work they do.  We’re working with the RA to get our black tea estates certified so you can see the little green frog on loads more of our packs!

 

ethical tea partnership

teapigs are members of The Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP); a not for profit organisation working to improve tea sustainability, the lives and livelihoods of tea workers and smallholder farmers, and the environment in which tea is produced. 

ethical tea partnership