UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka appoints Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC as Climate Emergency Task Force Patron

UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka has appointed Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (TTE PLC) as Patron of its Climate Emergency Task Force, citing the company's longstanding engagement in climate resilience, sustainability and low-carbon transformation within the plantation sector.

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The appointment comes amid growing climate-related challenges facing Sri Lanka's tea industry, including rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, soil degradation and increased incidence of floods and droughts. These impacts have begun to affect productivity, infrastructure and community wellbeing across both high-grown and low-country estates.

TTE PLC, one of the country's leading plantation companies, has implemented a range of adaptation and mitigation measures in response. According to the company, erratic rainfall in highland estates has led to soil erosion, damage to estate roads and factory infrastructure, and reduced soil moisture, while southern low-country estates have experienced heat stress among workers, flash floods and heightened risks of vector-borne diseases.