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Being a responsible, sustainable business is fundamental to Eswaran Brothers. It is a natural expression of the Principles that have guided us throughout our existence. As a company deeply involved in Agriculture, we witness the consequences of Climate Change on a daily basis and our recent efforts have been focused on playing our role in mitigating these effects.
Care
Olinda Green Tea
contains anti-oxidants known
as flavanoids that have
proven goodness..Let our tea
help care for your body, from
within, while you relax and
rejuvenate with each sip...
The perfect cup for the
modern lifestyle...
Trust
From the trusted name of
Eswaran Brothers, our tea is
selected only from the best
Green tea gardens. A light and
fragrant, all natural tasty
experience..
Love
Loving our planet is
a natural expression of the
values that have guided us at
Eswaran Brothers over the
past 67 years.. As the first
CarbonNeutral tea company
in the world, we make sure
that our company is not
harming the climate when we
make your teabag..
Our Environment Policy
The Eswaran Brothers team, as part of its overall sustainable business policy, is committed to protect our environment for future generations. All aspects of our activities will be focused towards minimizing our impact, and ensuring that good, sustainable practices are promoted.
We will strive to conserve natural resources throughout our value chain by training and continuously improving our processes. We will achieve these goals through adherence to, but not limited by, the ISO 14001 standards and other applicable regulatory requirements. Since implementing ISO 14001, we have made significant reductions in energy and water consumption as well as in waste generated throughout Eswaran Brothers. This represents the small steps that we have taken towards increasing the sustainability of our business. Shown below is a summary of our statistics regarding the reductions in the above mentioned aspects.
Reducing our Carbon Footprint
Eswaran Brothers achieved a major milestone in December 2010, as we became one of the first Tea companies globally and the first company in Sri Lanka to be certified Carbon Neutral. Rani Virdee, Managing Director Asia Pacific, The CarbonNeutral Company said, "Eswaran Brothers is a leading example to other businesses that implementing an offset inclusive carbon management strategy will not only help tackle climate change, but will reduce bottom line costs and enhance reputation within the marketplace."
Forest Garden Teas - Beyond Organic
The ultimate expression of Eswaran Brothers' commitment to the environment is the creation of what we expect to be the most ethical tea product in the world. Traditional tea plantations may look idyllic, but they are monocultures that tolerate little else besides the tea bush. Our tea is Forest Garden Organic, grown in a certified organic plantation which recreates the biodiversity of a rainforest. The tea grows amongst a profusion of living organisms which keep the growing crops' impact on the environment to a bare minimum.
Conservation
With our partners,
Conservation Carbon Company and Rainforest Rescue International ,
we are helping to protect Sri Lanka's forests. Hiniduma, in the southwest of Sri Lanka, is a mixed agricultural community surrounded
by one of the island's last remaining rainforest ecosystems. We are working with farmers in forest-edge communities along
the Kanneliya Reserve buffer zone. Together, we have instituted the Hiniduma Conservation Carbon Programme, which will grow
more endemic forest trees to protect against fragmentation and eventually reverse the process of centuries of deforestation.
For more information please visit http://conservecarbon.org/our-partners/.
Pictures of the forest that we are helping to protect can be viewed at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/conservecarbon/sets/72157622575827562/.
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