Driving Sustainable Tea from Field to Cup: Placing Sustainability at the Center of Corporate Strategy to Manage Climate Targets | 2026 Global Decarbonization Forum

Driving Sustainable Tea from Field to Cup: Placing Sustainability at the Center of Corporate Strategy to Manage Climate Targets | 2026 Global Decarbonization Forum

At the Global Decarbonization Forum 2026, Mara Woermann, Head of Sustainability, and Nora Brune, Sustainable Purchasing Lead at Teekanne, take the stage to show what it looks like when a 140-year-old family business decides that sustainability is not an add-on to its strategy, it is the condition on which the entire business model depends.

In this keynote, Mara and Nora move beyond the theory of scope 3 emissions management and into the operational reality of sourcing 300 raw materials from 150 suppliers across 50 countries, and building primary emissions data across all of it. From the field visits that make supplier trust possible, to the questionnaires that reveal emission factors at the individual supplier level, to the moment two-thirds of raw material emissions became traceable through primary data, they show what genuine supply chain transparency actually takes.

From the shift away from carbon offsetting toward science-based targets, to the honest conversation about what it costs to ask suppliers to change and who pays for it, Mara and Nora lay out why long-term partnerships, direct supplier relationships, and a willingness to be a first mover are the only foundations that make ambitious climate targets achievable.

Watch now to discover what the journey from corporate carbon footprint to supplier-level primary data looks like in practice.