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Date
Thu, May 7, 2026
Time
12:00 – 13:30 BST
Ticket price

Free – or with voluntary donation (suggested amount £15)

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Why is this subject important?

The coffee sector can share many examples of collaborative efforts to tackle sustainability issues. The tea industry is sarting to do the same – it is important to learn what is worth replicating and what to avoid before embarking on a similar journey.

What will this webinar cover?
  • What coffee has got right on collaboration and where it has fallen short
  • What meaningful investment and accountability look like
  • How current approaches can be strengthened
  • What tea can learn and what it should avoid repeating
How will attending this event benefit me / my organisation?

It will widen your knowledge of the practical application of theories in a similar commodity.

About the speakers

Ashlee Tuttleman is currently Global Coffee Lead at VOCAL (Voice of Organizations in Coffee Alliance), a civil society coalition working towards a more sustainable and just coffee sector. She was formerly IDH’s Global Learning, Impact & Innovation Lead on Smallholder Sourcing & Services.

She has spent the past 15 years working across agricultural supply chains, focusing on equity and power in how they operate. Her experience spans farming communities in Africa, Latin America and Asia, across coffee, cocoa and horticultural products.

Her work ranges from field-level engagement, to building agri-businesses in East Africa, to policy advocacy in Brussels. She brings a systems perspective that connects grassroots realities with business practice and wider socio-political and historical context.

This webinar tackles the following root causes of human rights breaches in the tea industry

Fragmentation, competition over collaboration

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