Not just their own chocolate, but all chocolate worldwide.
Tony’s Chocolonely exists to revolutionise the chocolate industry and make 100% slave free the norm in chocolate. Ruchira has an MA from SOAS in International Development and has served as a trustee of the Sustainable Fibre Alliance, a standard holding body for responsible cashmere production in Mongolia and China. Her key achievements include designing an innovative Volume Based Fee financing mechanism for smallholder capacity building at BCI, setting up the ASOS Responsible Sourcing Programme for third-party brands, and establishing IDH in the UK.
She has life-long passion for working towards ensuring that global supply chains are inclusive of smallholder farmers and workers as integral stakeholders. Ruchira has previously held roles as the Head of Responsible Sourcing at ASOS, and Programme Director at the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). IDH brings governments, companies, CSOs and financiers together in action driven coalitions to progress on achieving Better Jobs, Better Incomes and a Better Environment – its three impact areas. Ruchira Joshi is the Executive Director at IDH UK. Priya currently heads sustainability at Tata Consumer Products. Priya has co-authored several thought leadership documents on waste management, water management, green growth, sustainability in the real estate sector and sustainability reporting, as well as sustainability trends in the financial, oil and gas industries. Priya has also worked with multilateral agencies including The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation on low carbon growth and waste management policy development at a national level. Priya has worked across the retail and apparel, FMCG, real estate, agri-commodities and cement sectors, among others. Priya has over seventeen years’ experience in sustainability and climate change including sustainable strategy development, resource efficiency (energy, carbon, water, waste, wastewater, biodiversity), sustainable supply chain management, sustainable product stewardship, ESG analytics, circular economy/end of use as well as sustainable transparency and disclosure. He is currently co-chair of the Global Tea Coalition.Ĭlick here to read some initial insights from Andy on living wage and income, ahead of him sharing more at TEAM UP on 21 June. Andy has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Birmingham University and is a Chartered Management Accountant.Īndy has previously been a Governor at Leeds Beckett University and is also actively involved in a number of trade and sustainability bodies within the tea and coffee industries, including being a Board member of the UK Tea and Infusions Association. Andy is also a member of the Collaborative CEO, a group of five key executives, who take shared responsibility for the organisational strategy and development of the Bettys & Taylors Group.īefore joining Bettys & Taylors, Andy spent his early career working in various finance and general management roles within the food and consumer goods industry at companies including Procter & Gamble, Mars and Asda. Andy Brown joined Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate as Group Finance Director in 2001, becoming Managing Director of Taylors of Harrogate in 2009.