“We enhance transparency and fairness along our value chain by creating shared value ”

— Suranga Herath , CEO , English Tea Shop business , to leaving the auction system , leaving the large plantation companies that supplied us and moving to a very small number of small-scale suppliers of tea and ingredients , with the goal of becoming 100 % organic , which we accomplished within two years ,” says Herath . Nine years later , English Tea Shop has grown 65 % annually over the past seven years , and last year reported revenues in excess of US $ 28mn across more than 50 markets . We spoke to Herath about his quest to empower people at every point in the supply chain , guarantee transparency and fairness ,

JUNE 2019