Kenya tells tea factories to cut ties with Rainforest Alliance due to costs

A recent poll found only one in five tea workers and farmers in Kenya are earning enough each month to support their families with essentials. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Alamy

The Kenyan government has told its tea factories to stop working with the Rainforest Alliance because it says the costs involved in securing the ethical label don’t add up for farmers.

The non-profit organisation is one of the world’s most recognisable certification schemes with its green frog seal on food packaging a sign consumers “can feel confident that these products support a better world”.