Tazo® and Mercy Corps

Tazo® and Mercy Corps

In September 2002, the Tazo® Tea Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Starbucks) formed a partnership to support tea communities with Mercy Corps, a relief agency that operates health and economic development programmes in more than 30 countries.

This partnership is working on a project in the tea-growing region of Darjeeling, India, where Tazo® purchases some of the world’s finest teas. The project is focused on three key areas:

  • improving the quality of and access to water
  • supporting regional social, environmental and economic programmes
  • developing young people’s leadership skills and opportunities for the future

     

    Starbucks, Tazo® and its business partners will invest $600,000 to fund this three-year programme.

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