Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
Asha Handicrafts Association was founded in 1975 to connect Indian artisans with global fair trade markets, preserve traditional crafts, empower women, uplift communities, and break the cycle of poverty. They partner with fair trade importers around the world to supply handcrafted housewares, accessories, toys, games, stationery, and other fair trade products. Asha Handicrafts provides fair pay, capacity building, and marketing support and organizes medical aid and education projects. They prioritize local materials that are sustainably sourced, biodegradable, and free from harmful chemicals. Asha Handicrafts is a World Fair Trade Organization guaranteed member and a member of Fair Trade Forum India. They reinvest all surplus towards the social welfare of their artisans and their families.
Ashley Davis Collective offers coaching, consulting, workshops, and training to companies, social intrapreneurs, and changemakers who want to contribute to a better future at the intersections of business and society, our planet, our work, and our lives. They focus on enabling a new kind of courageous leadership in business that is based on compassion, curiosity, creativity, and consciousness. The vision is a world where work and life is purposeful and fulfilling and corporate responsibility and sustainability departments no longer need to exist because ecosystem thinking and values-based leadership have been integrated across companies. Ashley Davis Collective uses a percent of proceeds to provide pro bono or deeply discounted coaching for social entrepreneurs and changemakers who cannot afford their services. They are part of the Aspen Institute, Soles4Souls, and the Torrey Project.
Ashoka is a citizen-sector organization that has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. Since 1980, they have identified and supported more than 3,500 of the world's leading social entrepreneurs. Ashoka Fellows directly impact the lives of millions of people across the globe. They also provide examples, ideas, and insights that can serve as a roadmap in a world of accelerating change. Ashoka mobilizes a global community to embrace these new frameworks, transform institutions and cultures, and build an "everyone a changemaker world." Priority is giving to helping children and young people develop empathy and other changemaking skills.
Ash White is an ethical fashion and lifestyle brand that aims to support traditional artisan communities, inspire a deeper connection with what we wear, and create good design that is good for our planet. Their unique pieces are handmade in limited quantities. Fabric selection, sourcing, and other design decisions are based on sustainability. Ash White prioritizes GOTS organic textiles, GRS recycled materials, handwoven fabrics, and natural dyes. They use cardboard boxes and paper tape for internal operations and compostable bags for shipping. Ash White is committed to maintaining supportive long-term relationships with their artisan partners in India and Sri Lanka. They are working towards becoming Carbon Neutral.
Asian Institute for Impact Measurement and Management (AIMM) drives social and environmental progress in Asia through impact measurement and management. They focus on research, innovation, and thought leadership in social and environmental impact, public policy, digital impact governance, and sustainable finance. AIMM curates a repository of transparent impact data, reports, and journals to share knowledge grounded in advanced research, best practices, and international standards. Their expertise helps government, academia, and industry advance environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability-related education and training, cross-disciplinary projects, consulting, and policy development. They provide scholarships for low-income students. AIMM is a research institute within the National Central University of Taiwan. They are a member of the Yunus Social Business Centre, AVPN, and Social Value International.
ASIGE improves the lives of women and girls in northern Ghana through skill development and sustainable livelihood diversification. They specialize in hand woven baskets and shopping bags made from locally harvested elephant grass. More than 90 percent of the women artisans are not able to read and write, and they use their proceeds to support girls' education. ASIGE covers secondary school costs for girls in need, offers vocational training for teen mothers, provides reusable sanitary pads to enable rural girls to stay in school, and organizes reproductive health education. They actively work for social inclusion and environmental protection. ASIGE is a member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
Asiri Hela Sahal uses organically grown heirloom rice to create natural products and a healthy, poison-free society. They cultivate their own paddy for home consumption and use the surplus to produce traditional rice porridge for the local market. The discarded paddy husks are made into compost fertilizer to enrich the soil. Asiri Hela Sahal creates local employment opportunities, provides discounts to low-income families, and contributes a portion of all profits to provide medicine for cancer patients.
As One Network Suzuka Community started in 2001 as an initiative to help create a new society and a new harmonious way of living and working together. The community has developed the ScienZ method, which stands for Scientific Investigation of the Essential Nature from the point of Zero. By investigating and clarifying the essential nature of different topics, they aim to move beyond fictions that humans have created, such as borders, rules, and money, and design and realize a better way of human living. The ScienZ Institute studies essential human nature, the ScienZ School helps people grow as individuals and make full use of their own abilities, and the As One Network Suzuka Community is an experimental urban ecovillage where people practice a different way of living. Community initiatives include farming activities on abandoned land, a popular lunchbox delivery service with local produce from the farms, reforestation of the Satoyama woodland, study tours, and educational programs. As One Network hosts visitors from around the world and has exchange programs in Korea, Brazil, and Switzerland. They are part of the Global Ecovillage Network, Gaia Education, Local Futures, and the Transition Town movement.
Assembled Threads creates employment opportunities for refugee, asylum seeker, and migrant women in Australia and delivers circular economy solutions for uniforms and personal protective equipment. They use locally made fabrics and recycled materials to manufacture high-visibility safety vests, medical scrubs, work shirts, and other workwear. Assembled Threads diverts textile waste from landfills by recycling offcuts, providing end-of-life uniform recycling and upcycling services, and selling upcycled products through their online Retread shop. They recruit people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who struggle to find employment due to limited language skills, workplace experience, or educational qualifications. Assembled Threads provides paid training and apprenticeships, ethical wage employment, and a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace. Their manufacturing hubs are embedded in disadvantaged communities to ensure easy access for those most in need. Assembled Threads is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise and a member of Social Enterprise Network Victoria (SENVIC).
A Step Forward provides training, consulting, and support services to community based organizations, rural youth, farmers, and small-scale businesses in Sri Lanka. They draw on years of community development experience to offer programs on leadership, goal setting, personal empowerment, creative thinking, organization and group development, savings and credit management, community finance, livelihood development, and entrepreneurship. Proceeds are used to provide discounted or free services to low income groups.
A Story In T-Shirts offers sustainably sourced t-shirts illustrated with a story, poem, or image and dedicated to projects that rescue, repair, and transform the lives of people and the planet. Illustrators and authors receive a commission on sales of their designs, and the balance of profits are donated to the cause that inspired them. For example, their Sea Monster shirts help clean plastics from the oceans through donations to Surfers Against Sewage and Cornwall Wildlife Trust. A Story In T-Shirts works with suppliers committed to social and environmental responsibility. They source shirts from a Fair Wear Foundation member that pays fair living wages, uses GOTS-certified organic cotton, renewable energy, zero-discharge processes, closed-loop water systems, and is certified carbon neutral by the Carbon Trust. T-shirts are printed locally and on demand to prevent emissions and waste. A Story In T-Shirts rescues unwanted t-shirts and either resells them, embellishes them into new styles, or remakes them into new garments. They are a member of Social Enterprise UK and participate in local repair cafes, beach cleanups, and street cleanups.
Aswanna Kithul was started to encourage responsible and healthy food production that protects people, animals, and the environment. They support rural livelihoods by sourcing kithul palm syrup directly from tappers in low income areas and paying above the normal market value. Aswanna Kithul makes it easier for urban consumers to access pure kithul palm syrup with no refined sugar or other additives.
Athena Empowers produces sustainable menstrual products, reduces period poverty, and supports a healthier and better lifestyle for women and girls in Malaysia. They offer washable cloth sanitary pads and reusable bags, as well as washable adult diapers, baby diapers, and nursing pads. Many schoolgirls in Malaysia are forced to stay home during their menstrual cycle, resulting in a high rate of dropouts, early marriages, and pregnancy and limiting their capabilities to work and start productive careers. Athena Empowers uses donations and proceeds from product sales to provide free sanitary kits and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) education to women and girls in need. This improves school attendance and creates a foundation for good reproductive health choices. Transitioning to washable cloth pads also saves money, minimizes resource use, and reduces waste and environmental pollution.
Athkam Nirmana is a collective of women that produces bags, baskets, containers, and mats from ekel, coconut, palmyra, reed, and bamboo. They encourage people to use accessories and housewares made from traditional natural materials instead of plastic.
Ath Pavura is an incubator and accelerator program that aims to build a thriving social entrepreneurship and impact investing ecosystem in Sri Lanka. The literal meaning of Ath Pavura is "elephant wall." In nature, tusker elephants stand next to each other and form a wall to protect their young. On the weekly Ath Pavura television show, the impact investors, all established business leaders, are called Tuskers, and the social entrepreneurs are the young elephants. The entrepreneurs pitch their social and environmental business ideas and expansion plans to the Tusker panel and receive an investment decision on the spot. The program provides support services and tracks their success over time.
atlasGO brings together a global community of non-profits, corporations, and sweaty changemakers to create positive awareness around social and environmental issues and accelerate impactful change. Their mobile app makes it possible to raise money for a cause with every run, walk, or bike ride. Corporations can sponsor public community campaigns or use atlasGO to engage employees. Nonprofits can raise funds through virtual races. Community members are able to share their efforts, participate in challenges, and follow and meet people with shared interests. atlasGO is a Certified B Corporation and legally registered as a benefit corporation. They are committed to using business as a force for good.
AtWorks started by offering flexible on-demand coworking spaces in Chennai and expanded to offer a full range of programs and services that help founders of circular impact and climate related startups scale and succeed. They combine community, coworking, programs, and operations support in a single platform membership. Services include mentoring, coaching, incubation, impact-focused accelerator programs, and impact investment support. Their Circular Impact Market Accelerator is India's first product accelerator focused on solutions to plastic waste. AtWorks is part of Frontiers Lab Asia, The Incubation Network, The Climate Collective, Zebras Unite, and Next Leaders’ Initiative for Sustainability (NELIS).
Audharya supplies herbal tea and natural sweeteners from indigenous and traditional communities in Sri Lanka. They source nelli fruit and sustainably harvested wild bee honey from families in the Nilgala forest region and kithul palm syrup from Kalukandawa village near the Sinharaja rainforest. Audharya pays above market rates and is committed to long term partnerships with these communities to protect their way of life and their environment.
Audir is working to build the next generation of workplaces that embrace the value of neurodiversity and where all people can thrive in their authenticity. For businesses, they provide neurodiversity consulting and human resources strategy, systems, and support. For neurodivergent individuals, they offer coaching that reveals strengths, identifies job fit, develops strategies to support high performance, and builds confidence to self-advocate in the workplace. They support people from low-income groups through free online content, quarterly scholarships, and group coaching. National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants are able to access services through their NDIS funding support. Audir also collaborates with values-aligned partners to provide welcoming and safe spaces for youth and adults to connect, learn, and know that they belong. They contribute to local charities focused on diversity and inclusion, homelessness, and youth. Audir is part of the Hunter Diversity and Inclusion Collective and Newcastle Youth Pride.
Audrey's Chia Cookies are made with natural ingredients and packed with chia seeds to support healthier snacking. Chia seeds are considered a performance-enhancing superfood because they are nutrient-dense, high in omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants, and contain all essential amino acids. They grow well in arid regions and low-quality soils with little to no irrigation. Audrey's Chia Cookies supports Girls on the Run and other local charities.