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Oct 2021
Last Updated: 06/10/2021
Taylors of Harrogate wins UN climate change award
Taylors was praised for its role in a scheme that works with farmers in rural Kenya to share knowledge on conservation farming and reforestation.
Tea and coffee merchant Taylors of Harrogate has been recognised for its efforts to tackle climate change by the United Nations.
The company has been named as one of 11 winners of the UN Global Climate Action Awards and its work will go on display at next month's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
The awards advisory panel praised Taylors for its role in the international small group tree planting programme in Kenya. This scheme works with farmers in rural communities to share knowledge on conservation farming and reforestation.
About 7,500 tea farmers are included in the project across four factories.
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The awards advisory panel praised the company's "unique programme with its long-term suppliers" that tackled "the interlinked challenges of climate change, smallholder livelihoods and ensuring a continuous supply of quality tea and coffee".
The company also installed solar panels on its tea and coffee factory, generating almost 200,000 kwh of electricity a year.
UN Climate Change executive secretary Patricia Espinosa said:
"The winners of the 2021 UN Global Climate Action Awards provide tangible proof that solutions to tackle the climate crisis exist and that they can be replicated and quickly scaled up. This is what inspiring leadership looks like.”
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