Seal Challenge Round 4: Open Call for Concept Notes to Receive Support for Your Intiative

The Centre for Child Rights and Business is pleased to announce Round 4 of the 2024 Seal Challenge. The thematic focus of the challenge in this round will be the Children's Rights and Business Principles (CRBP).  The challenge is open to smallholder societies as well as tea estates and factories.

What is the Seal Challenge?

The Seal Challenge is an initiative led by The Centre for Child Rights and Business to encourage businesses connected to the tea industry – including plantation companies, tea smallholders, factories, brokers, exporters, brands and retailers – to develop or support innovative concept notes that address particular issues or challenges faced by children and families within their business ecosystem, particularly in estates or factories. “Winners” of the Seal Challenge receive either a small funding boost or technical expertise as an incentive to bring their proposed concepts to life.

How to Take Part

Please read the documents below carefully for information about the specific eligibility criteria, theme and timeline for tea smallholders and tea estates. Once you've drafted your concept note, please email it to info.Sl@childrights-business.org. 

Remember to put the title of your concept note as "Seal Challenge 2024 Round 4" along with your company name in the title. Please include the budget breakdown and monitoring plan for your proposed concept.

For more information on the Mother and Child-Friendly Seal for Responsible Business Initiative, please read this article or visit the Mother and Child-Friendly Seal for Responsible Business website. 

Queries on the Seal Challenge

Should any interested company have questions on the challenge, they can send it to info.SL@childrights-business.org , with the subject title “Question on the Seal Challenge Round 4” on or before noon on October 4, 2024. Responses to the questions will be shared with all those who reached out.

Download the Seal Challenge Guidelines