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企業回應

2023年5月5日

Jenier's response to allegations of abuses in its tea supply chain

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The two estates listed are no longer part of the Jenier supply chain and have not been for some time. Their details should have been excluded when sending over the list of our suppliers last year. That said, we recognise that the newspaper article involved over 20 major tea plantation companies and, as we had purchased from the two named in the past, felt it essential to investigate the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror report as brought to our attention.

Jenier were not aware of the allegation. On reading the online Sri Lankan newspaper article, we noted the publication date was 28th February 2022 and referred to a future court hearing on 4th March 2022, some ten months earlier. Intensive online searches did not reveal any subsequent mention of the article, its subject or any follow-up report of the 4th March court hearing outcomes.

Jenier contacted the UK Ethical Tea Partnership to ask if they had any information surrounding the initial newspaper report and if their contacts in Sri Lanka could provide further details...Also, with the lack of any additional online reporting by the source newspaper or any other media outlets, Jenier contacted the newspaper in Sri Lanka directly to ask for comment on the original article and asked if they had any further information they could share. To this date, the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror has yet to respond...

The Ethical Tea Partnership's contact in Sri Lanka confirmed that at the time of the newspaper publication, "There was some stress during that time, where the collective bargaining agreement between Companies and Unions expired as well, and the new wage was stipulated as a Min Wage under the Wage Board of Sri Lanka, which makes it not exclusive to tea. However, there was some unrest as Companies also used different models to make payments, or sometime deductions as the new wage structure had a clash with long established norms, i.e., men effectively worked ½ day, but enjoyed a full days wage in the collective agreement, but with the new Wages Board system they have minimum no of hours to cover. However within a short time things normalised, and every company has complied into the wage, as its mandatory."

In addition to the above, we also understand the Chairman of the Planters' Association, Senaka Alawattegama (also the CEO of Talawakelle Plantations), confirmed that from the point of the parliamentary gazette being issued on payment of the new wage, all companies did comply. The court case is still pending/ open, but the reason for it being lodged at the time was that there was a Collective Agreement in place, and a new Wages Board directive was issued, which led to confusion. Our understanding of the current situation is that the current wage levels are insufficient in the context of the hyperinflation crisis. This crisis has led to an updated living wage study commissioned by a local NGO...

Since the publication of this report, Jenier understand the three main Unions are discussing community-level actions they must collaborate on to influence change. Working together without political agendas, they may consider a new collective bargaining agreement which will provide better security for the communities they represent. With collective bargaining, mechanisms must be in place to enable workers and their representatives to advocate for remuneration that suits their needs, including supporting workers to engage in unions and ensuring that workers are aware of and able to exercise their rights.

We will continue to monitor the situation and local updates as provided by the Ethical Tea Partnership and their associates.

[The full response is attached]

屬於以下案件的一部分

Sri Lanka: Twenty major plantation companies challenge wage raise for tea workers; incl. buyer responses

Company responses and non-response to allegations of human rights abuses in tea supply chains

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