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FOOD & DRINK

TEA PIGS

Tetley veterans Nick Kilby and Louise Cheadle set up Tea Pigs to bring quality tea to a new generation of British consumers. They source their leaves from sustainable estates and support vulnerable young people in Rwanda. As if that’s not enough, they were the first tea brand to be certified plastic-free.

teapigs.co.uk

ODDBOX

If food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third biggest greenhouse gas emitter. Oddbox go directly to farmers and “rescue” surplus fruit and veg from this sad and immoral fate; they then deliver it to customers overnight.

oddbox.co.uk

DIVINE CHOCOLATE

Veterans at fighting exploitation, for more than 20 years Divine Chocolate and its partners have been committed to empowering women, supporting them in cocoa farming so they develop skills and business confidence. The business also

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