内容摘要："Companies are responsible for how their products are being used. It’s crucial for companies to make sure that they are not causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts related to their operations. They should seek to prevent or mitigate the adverse human rights effects," Ella Skybenko, a researcher at the London-based Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, told Al Jazeera.

"Companies are responsible for how their products are being used. It’s crucial for companies to make sure that they are not causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts related to their operations. They should seek to prevent or mitigate the adverse human rights effects," Ella Skybenko, a researcher at the London-based Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, told Al Jazeera.

Who produces the most tea globally?The tea plant is usually grown in tropical and subtropical climates where its cultivation and processing support the livelihoods of millions of people.

According to the latest data from theTea and Coffee Trade Journal‘s Global Tea Report, China produces nearly half of the world’s tea (48 percent). India is the second largest producer, accounting for 20 percent of world production, followed by Kenya (8 percent), Turkiye (4 percent) and Sri Lanka (3 percent).

The rest of the world accounts for 17 percent of tea production globally.How much tea is consumed daily worldwide?

According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), world tea consumption reached 6.5 million tonnes in 2022, growing from previous years.

Consumption in China, the largest consumer of tea, reached 3 million tonnes in 2022, representing 46 percent of global consumption.However, in some cases, a brand’s exit appears to have been largely ceremonial.

While L’Occitane no longer directly supplies its Russian partners, the French brand continues to be imported to Russia in significant quantities.L’Occitane’s former Russian subsidiary now belongs to local management. But the subsidiary has pledged shares to L’Occitane International as collateral and L’Occitane International has a call-option to buy the subsidiary back during a five-year period starting in June 2025.

L'Occitane's former subsidiary receives its cosmetics almost exclusively via one company, Smart Beauty LLC - a contrast from the typical scenario involving parallel imports, where numerous small suppliers are involved.Smart Beauty LLC was registered in Dubai in June 2022 - the same month L’Occitane announced its exit from Russia - and has shipped more than 900 tonnes of cosmetics to Russia, according to customs data.