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Matcha Yu
Unashamedly obsessed by Matcha Green Tea from our many trips to Japan, our mission is to help others enjoy the many health benefits of regularly drinking delicious Matcha while looking after our Environment with 100% home compostable tea packaging.
Our commitment
"Since I was a child I've always had an appreciation of the natural world, especially the life giving ocean. For many years, I've seen the effects of plastic on our environment by being involved in community beach clean ups. Due to this, I do my best to avoid single use plastic in my daily life. Since the conception of Matcha Yu Tea, I felt I had a responsibility to make the business reflect my values & avoid creating single use plastic waste while offering like-minded customers a chance to do the same. From the outset we have packed our Green Tea in 100% home compostable packaging. We were one of the first Matcha businesses globally to offer this option and certainly the first to do so in Australia. Our product labels are also home compostable so you can simply discard the entire product in your home compost. We extend this zero waste mindset by ensuring our products are sent out 100% plastic free and using Sendle as a carbon neutral courier" Erin - Founder of Matcha Yu Tea
Our Sustainability Framework
What is your company doing to reduce your emissions or combat key environmental issues (e.g. waste (packaging, end of life product strategy or recycling), biodiversity, land use, water, chemical use, energy use, and natural resource use etc.)?
Our Matcha is Japanese Certified Organic (JAS) by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan. This means the farms we source from are committed to producing Matcha Green Tea without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers. Australia and Japan recognise equivalence under the JAS organic standard. All of our tea is housed in 100% home compostable packaging that can be discarded in your home compost or green waste bin. Tea Pouches - Created by Ember Sustainable Packaging Product Labels - Created by Black Rainbow Printing We ship our products out 100% plastic free using paper based honeycomb packing materials to protect goods and posted in cardboard mailer boxes or home compostable satchels. We use carbon neutral courier service Sendle to ship products. We use a green carbon neutral energy provider for our home office.
Learn more →How are the products your company offers made from environmentally friendly materials (e.g. recycled, organic materials)?
Home Compostable Tea Pouches - The packaging is made from three compostable films derived from sustainably-produced wood pulp and GM-free corn sources. The three films are laminated together to provide the barrier properties required to lock in the taste and freshness of coffee and dry foods. You can put your used pouches in your own home compost or worm farm, containing heat, water, oxygen, soil and micro-organisms. They can also be disposed of in a commercial composting facility if you have one in your area. Compost trials have shown that pouches can break down into small fragments in as little as 15 weeks.
Learn more →Do you partner with ethical factories that meet international labor standards? What processes have you implemented to make your supply chain more sustainable?
Our Tea is: 1) Responsibly sourced from local Japanese farmers to support the ongoing Tea Industry in Japan 2) Purchased at fair prices reflective of the work undertaken and quality of Tea 3) Produced by labour workers who conduct their activities within respectable conditions
How does your company give back to the community (e.g. financial donations, volunteering, partnerships etc.)?
Matcha Yu Tea cares deeply about plastic pollution and along with our own efforts to reduce waste via our packaging, we choose to be a business supporter of the Australian Marine Conservation Society We support the incredible work they do to protect the ocean, in particular reducing the amount of single use plastic waste that enters it.
Learn more →How has your company made a commitment to achieve and maintain inclusion & diversity (e.g. Gender / Race / Ethnicity / National Origin / Sexual Orientation / Religion / Disability / Age)?
Our business is an inclusive one that works with & accepts all walks of life and doesn't discriminate based on Gender / Race / Ethnicity / National Origin / Sexual Orientation / Religion / Disability / Age.
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