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  • This came after Traidcraft Exchange called on all the major UK tea brands to show the public which tea plantations they buy from and crack down on modern slavery in the supply
    chain.

  • [10] The company is associated with Earl Grey tea, a tea infused with bergamot, though it is unclear when this association began, and how important the company’s involvement
    with the tea has been.

  • [4] Owner: Associated British Foods; Country: United Kingdom; Introduced: 1706; 317 years ago; Markets: Beverages[1] History Twinings was founded by Thomas Twining, of Painswick,
    Gloucestershire, England, who opened Britain’s first known tea room, at No.

  • [13] The company is a founding member of the Ethical Tea Partnership,[14] a not-for-profit membership organisation of tea-packing companies which undertake monitoring and
    improving conditions on tea estates in all major tea-growing regions.

  • [11] In April 2008, Twinings announced their decision to close its Belfast Nambarrie plant, a tea company in trade for over 140 years.

  • [5][6] The firm’s logo, created in 1787, is the world’s oldest in continuous use.

 

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o ^ Glyn Hughes. “The Foods of England – Earl Grey Tea”. foodsofengland.co.uk. Retrieved
20 September 2013.
o ^ “Tea Time Over For Nambarrie”. Northern Ireland: 4NI.co.uk Northern Ireland News. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009. One of Northern Ireland’s top teas – and a favourite in Scotland too – is no longer to be packed
in central Belfast.
o ^ “Home | Twinings Sourced With Care”. www.sourcedwithcare.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
o ^ “Ethical Tea Partnership – Working for a Responsible Tea Industry”. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 5 September
2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
o ^ “Ethical shopping guide to Tea”. Ethical Consumer. December 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
o ^ “Twinings Ovaltine Code of Conduct” (PDF). Twinings.co.uk. 27 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25
April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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o ^ Selwood, Daniel. “Twinings publishes full list of its tea suppliers in India”. The Grocer. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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