Sustainability

Sustainability & Supply Chain
Prior to starting JB’s Teas, I worked for a climate change focused non-profit organization and developed an expertise on the global supply chain. In particular, the carbon impacts of construction materials like concrete, steel, and wood, as well as how to decarbonize these materials. That expertise and focus translates to the ingredients I use in my tea blends, too. The motto for JB’s Teas is “teas to nurture and inspire the human spirit” and I strongly believe that the teas should also nurture both the earth and the people who harvest them.

I source my ingredients almost exclusively from Mountain Rose Herbs, a company based out of Eugene, Oregon, and one that is committed to sustainable and ethical sourcing of materials. They have a strict policy that guarantees workers a fair market value for the goods they produce. Additionally, their first choice is sourcing herbs that are certified organic. If organic isn’t available, they choose ethically wildharvested or “cultivated without chemicals” options. I follow the same set of social and environmental principles for any ingredients I cannot source from Mountain Rose Herbs.

I sell on Etsy due to the fact that Etsy was the first major online shopping destination to offset 100% of carbon emissions from shipping and packaging. While that doesn’t eliminate the emissions from transportation, it does mean that investment is going towards environmental projects such as forest conservation and sponsoring wind and solar farms for clean, renewable energy.