Editing PG Tips (section)

==PG Tips and public campaigns==
In May 2007, Unilever became the first company to commit to sourcing all its tea in a sustainable manner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article1838038.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612081253/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article1838038.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2011|title=Unilever seeks approval of its tea's green credentials|last=Mortished|first=Carl|date=May 25, 2007|work=[[The Times]]|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukvending.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/unilever-recently-announced-plans-to-source-our-entire-tea-supply-sustainably/|title=Unilever recently announced plans to source our entire tea supply sustainably|last=Button|first=Martin|date=12 August 2009|work=News Vendor – The Blog of UK Vending Ltd|publisher=[[WordPress.com]]|access-date=19 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=newsfood>{{cite press release|title=Unilever commits to sourcing all its tea from sustainable ethical sources|work=Unilever PLC|publisher=Newsfood.com|date=25 May 2007|url=https://www.newsfood.com/unilever-commits-to-sourcing-all-its-tea-from-sustainable-ethical-sources/|access-date=19 September 2017}}</ref> To that end, the company asked the [[Rainforest Alliance]], an international environmental [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] to start certifying tea estates in East Africa.<ref name=newsfood/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article3223697.ece|title=Time to brew up a sustainable cuppa|date=5 December 2007|work=The Independent|location=London|access-date=19 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107082327/http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article3223697.ece|archive-date=7 January 2008}}</ref> Since April 2012, all of the tea used in PG Tips has been Rainforest Alliance certified.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgtips.co.uk/article/detail/290932/what-we-do|title=PG Tips tea - sustainable tea certified by the Rainforest Alliance|access-date=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428010220/http://www.pgtips.co.uk/article/detail/290932/what-we-do|archive-date=28 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2011, PG Tips stated it would stop testing its teas on animals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/pg-tips-maker-agrees-to-halt-animal-tests-on-its-tea-2202615.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/pg-tips-maker-agrees-to-halt-animal-tests-on-its-tea-2202615.html|title=PG TIPS MAKER AGREES TO HALT ANIMAL TESTS ON ITS TEA|archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London|work=The Independent|first=Stephen|last=Foley|date=3 February 2011|access-date=19 September 2017}}</ref>

In February 2023, the BBC reported that an investigation had found more than 70 women had been sexually abused on tea farms in Kenya that supply PG Tips.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64662056 | title=True cost of our tea: Sexual abuse on Kenyan tea farms revealed | work=BBC News | date=20 February 2023 }}</ref>