{"id":15661,"date":"2025-03-10T08:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babingtons.com\/corporate-social-responsibility\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:40:56","slug":"corporate-social-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/babingtons.com\/en\/corporate-social-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Social Responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 2018 we celebrated Babingtons 125th anniversary \u2013 and we asked ourselves, how can we celebrate this amazing achievement in a way that respected our family values and invested in our next 125 years? \nWe decided to make it our mission to improve the quality of the life of the young men and women who live in Darjeeling, north east India.\nWhy Darjeeling? Because the first tea to be served in Babingtons in 1893 was a Darjeeling black tea and to this day it is where much of our tea comes from.\n\nWe targeted the most unfortunate young people living in conditions of poverty and social backwardness – our idea was by investing in the future of youth we would be investing in the future of the region.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSchool education is a real issue in India and in Darjeeling, home to some of the most famous tea plantations in the world. Instinctively we knew therefore that we had to make a difference to the lives of those who would otherwise be left behind. But more so, we wanted to provide an education program which would have a social impact on the whole tea growing area – on the whole community.\n\nSince the beginning of 2018, the Babingtons for Darjeeling program has been sponsoring courses for students who previously hadn\u2019t had the opportunity to study and find a job. Students with different backgrounds, including those of great degradation and suffering, who would be able to become part of the world of work, significantly improving their lives and that of their families and their community.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 2018 the first fifty students joined the Babingtons for Darjeeling educational program, with great enthusiasm and eager to learn a new skill. 25 students graduated in nursing and 25 in hospitality. Since then, they have been working in Darjeeling (we make sure we keep in touch with our students) and during Covid they made a huge difference in their community and were of great support to the medical staff in the area. Today, a further 30 boys and girls are studying nursing and after their first 6 months in University, which has now concluded, they are spending the next 6 months in hospitals in Calcutta and Bagdogra.\n\nHaving the opportunity to empower the young generation in Darjeeling is certainly ambitious, yet very doable. It fills us with great pride to see the impact they have already had in their community. Most of the students\u2019 parents work in tea gardens in Darjeeling and can\u2019t afford to send their children to a University far from home. Through the Babingtons for Darjeeling charity project, this is now possible.\n\nThe parents, many of whom were extremely reticent to begin with, are now themselves filled with pride – and joy \u2013 seeing how their children have grown and the contribution they are making.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cIt is an extraordinary team work and we are so grateful to be able to actually help those who are less fortunate than us, give them a real alternative for a better future\u201d said Chiara after the graduation ceremony in January 2025.\n\u201cA commitment we at Babingtons are honored to pursue year after year\u201d where Rory\u2019s words, who joined online from Rome. \n\nIn fact 30 new student are beginning their course and we shall see them next year for their graduation\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAll our teas are sustainably produced. We know where they come from; we like to know the conditions for the workers. We make sure all ingredients in our teas are 100% natural, we keep our packaging as environmentally friendly as possible.\n\nAll of this is part of Babingtons philosophy and we hope you can join us here where environment, social support and quality meet for a great cuppa!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChiara Bedini & Rory Bruce\nDescendants of Elizabeth Cargill who founded Babingtons with her friend \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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