Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
August specializes in organic king coconut water for healthy people and a healthy planet. The product line includes Classic, Lemongrass, and Melo Mint. August is committed to maintaining fair trade relationships and providing employment opportunities to rural Sri Lankans.
Auromira Exports aims to improve the lives of rural youth and women from the villages surrounding Pondicherry by helping them become economically independent textile artisans. They specialize in manufacturing handwoven fabrics, clothing, and baby swaddles for international fair trade buyers. Auromira Exports is intentionally located in areas with limited employment opportunities. They are committed to transparency, accountability, and ethical practices to ensure fair wages, safe and healthy working conditions, gender equity, long-term trade relationships, and sustainable income for their workers. Auromira uses azo-free dyes, prioritizes Oeko-Tex certified, organic, and locally sourced materials, and minimizes waste through segregation, reuse, and recycling of carton boxes and fabric scraps. They are a member of Fair Trade Forum India and the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
Aurora Heat offers reusable hand, foot, and body warmers made from natural wild beaver fur and sustains Indigenous knowledge, cultural heritage, and local economies. In the Northwest Territories of Canada, wild beavers (Tsa) reproduce in large litters and thrive in rivers, lakes, and streams. Fur harvesters play an active role in maintaining balance in populations while cultivating abundance for beavers. Aurora Heat sources fur through the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program, which preserves Indigenous cultural heritage, monitors and regulates harvesting based on population health, and ensures compliance with the International Agreement of Humane Trapping Standards. The Aurora Heat workshop offers flexible balanced work for Indigenous women and focuses on handmade, low-impact processes. They use all parts of the pelt in respect and gratitude to the land and the beaver, and they contribute a portion of all sales to on-the-land initiatives for Indigenous youth, educators, and knowledge holders including Bushkids NWT, Dechinta, and The Child & Nature Alliance of Canada. Aurora Heat is a Coralus Venture and a CCAB Certified Aboriginal Business.
Good Market is a curated platform that brings together people creating a better world. All of the vendors on the site have been through an application and review process to ensure they meet Good Market standards and are good for people and good for the planet.
Aurum Foundation advances social and public welfare by promoting intersectionality, diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and gender equality in Australia. They focus on empowering disadvantaged and marginalized groups through the development of innovative educational resources, thought leadership, social justice campaigns, and strategic partnerships. Aurum AQ is their online learning initiative, and Think Talks are events for fostering dialogue and sharing knowledge on topics that matter. Aurum Foundation employs trainers, consultants, and specialists who bring lived experience in cultural diversity, disability, and intersectionality and provides free and discounted services to values-aligned not-for-profits and social enterprises. They are a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and reinvest all surplus.
Auspice specializes in naturally dried culinary herbs, spices, and seasoning blends that that are cleaned, sorted, packed, and labeled by adults with autism according to the highest hygiene and food safety standards. Their goal is to create skill development and employment opportunities for people with autism and inspire other socially conscious business to do the same. Work processes have been adapted to suit different types of motor skills, incorporate visual learning tools, and provide breakout periods according to individual needs. Experienced caregivers are onsite to provide support and family members are welcome in the workplace and included in planning. They have partnered with Action for Autism, National Center for Autism in New Delhi to develop an environment where the needs of people with autism are understood, they have space to voice their aspirations, and they are able earn a livelihood and fulfill their socioeconomic potential. Auspice is structured as a social enterprise. Their purpose is included in their incorporation documents and cannot be changed or diluted.
Good Market is a curated platform that brings together people creating a better world. All of the vendors on the site have been through an application and review process to ensure they meet Good Market standards and are good for people and good for the planet.
Australian Spatial Analytics (ASA) provides spatial data services while fostering a generation of data professionals in Australia and increasing workforce participation for neurodiverse young adults. Eighty percent of their team identifies as neurodivergent, and they use their unique cognitive talents, such as attention to detail, pattern recognition, and memory retention, to provide geospatial and digital engineering data services across multiple industries. ASA takes a human-centered approach, understanding and leveraging each individual's strengths, interests, and needs, supporting them to develop specialized skills, and helping them access career opportunities both internally and externally. Australian Spatial Analytics is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise and a member of Autism Queensland, and the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC). They reinvest all surplus towards their mission.
Authentic offers affordable traditional Sri Lankan food made from healthy, local ingredients to support the local economy and minimize environmental impact. They source fruits, vegetables, kithul, cashew, and other ingredients from home gardens in Kalutara, Matara, and Badulla. Authentic uses clay pots, cane trays, and coconut shell utensils and serves food wrapped in lotus leaves, banana leaves, and recycled paper. Malay and Sinhala pickles are sold in reusable glass jars. Authentic provides discounts to customers that return their glass jars or bring their own containers and shopping bags.
Authentica is an academic program provider for short-term, experiential learning programs in Asia. Their core purpose is to enrich lives by designing and delivering programs that support physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth. Authentica partners with academic institutions in the United States, Canada, and Australia and nonprofits and social enterprises in Asia to offer faculty-led programs, service learning programs and internships. They also coordinate virtual internship experiences that enable aspiring global professionals to work remotely with innovative organizations across Asia. Authentica specializes in programs related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Authentic Spices is a community initiative in rural Galle that aims to creates sustainable livelihood opportunities for local women by producing cinnamon leaf essential oil and aromatherapy lamps. Many women in the area feel pressure to leave their families and work in the Middle East. Authentic Spices enables them to earn an income from home. The essential oil is made from cinnamon garden waste materials, and the clay is sourced locally. Authentic Spices is investing in solar power and pledges 10 percent of profits to support women entrepreneurs.
auticon improves the employment prospects of neurodivergent people by building quality technology careers for autistic adults, shifting perceptions of autistic people in the workplace, and providing neurodiversity training and advisory services to clients. They employ technology consultants on the autism spectrum and integrate them into client organizations to provide expertise in software development, data analysis, quality assurance, cybersecurity, and other professional services. auticon technology consultants bring cognitive diversity to clients' teams. They offer new perspectives on problems, intuitively spot errors, and work with speed, precision, and sustained concentration. Job coaches provide autistic consultants with individualized support and help communicate timelines, manage expectations, resolve needs, and create positive work environments. auticon started in central Europe and now has operations in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
auticon Canada creates opportunities for people on the autism spectrum to do highly qualified work and build sustainable and successful technology careers. They are the first company in Canada to exclusively employ individuals on the autism spectrum as IT consultants. By creating autism-positive work environments and offering tailored and sustained support for autistic employees, auticon enables companies to engage with a highly-skilled and untapped talent pool with unique cognitive strengths. Services include software development, quality assurance and testing, data analytics and engineering, data science, cybersecurity, and IT administration. auticon Canada uses their platform to raise awareness about the benefits of a neurodiverse workforce and helps clients see that "autism is not a processing error; it's a different operating system." They make periodic donations to not-for-profit groups supporting autism services for traditionally underserved communities including Black and Indigenous people, people of colour, and women.
AutonomyWorks employs people with autism to deliver business process outsourcing services while building independent lives for employees and changing the way the world views people with autism. They specialize in digital marketing, transaction processing, data management, quality assurance, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. AutonomyWorks leverages the special talents of people with autism such as focus, attention to detail, and commitment to quality. They reinvest all profits to expand opportunities for their team by providing training, job coaching, professional skills development, and increased pay. AutonomyWorks supports the autism and disability communities through policy and advocacy efforts. They are an Illinois Benefit Corporation and a member of Autism Speaks and DisabilityIn.
Autumn Leaves creates naturally dyed clothing, accessories, housewares, and artwork from locally sourced leaves, flowers, bark, fruits, and other materials. They specialize in botanical eco print techniques. Autumn Leaves uses their platform to promote environmental responsibility.
AVA Creations develops sericulture practices and handloom value chains as alternative livelihood opportunities for forest-dependent communities in Assam. They have helped more than 500 women earn sustainable incomes and reduce their dependence on forest reserves through Maa Xuta Prakalpa, their holistic approach to eri silkworm rearing and ahimsa silk yarn production. AVA Creations has established community weaving and handloom experience centers near Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary. They sell handloom textiles, clothing, and accessories through their own local retail outlet and through national and international partners. Proceeds are used to conduct health camps, summer camps, and training programs for their artisans including sessions on domestic violence, sexual harassment, time and money management, and health and menstrual hygiene. AVACreations Social Impact Foundation is registered as a Section 8 not-for-profit company and is certified by Handloom Mark, Silk Mark, and India Handloom Brand.
Avance creates stationery and notebooks from recycled and Forest Stewardship Council certified paper. The notebooks are designed for writers, sketch artists, painters, and anyone looking for environmentally responsible, sustainably sourced paper products.
Avani focuses on creating livelihood opportunities, conserving natural resources, and working towards gender equality in the central Himalayan region of Kumaon in Uttarakhand. Since 1999, they have been reviving traditional hand spinning, hand weaving, and natural dyeing skills as a source of income for rural families. Today, Avani includes a network of nearly 800 artisans and farmers who work together to grow, process, design, and create natural fiber housewares, accessories, toys, yarn, natural colorants, and art supplies like beeswax crayons, gulal for Holi, tie dye kits, watercolors, fingerpaints, kumkum, and indigo powder. Runoff rainwater from rooftops is harvested for natural dyeing, and waste water is treated naturally and used as irrigation to grow vegetables. Avani has created community-based systems for the development and dissemination of solar lighting, heating, and drying technologies and trained young people as solar technicians. They have also developed a bio energy program and efficient, inexpensive cookstoves. Avani is registered as a not-for-profit social enterprise.
Avant-garde Entrepreneur helps social entrepreneurs and changemakers overcome overwhelm, prevent burnout, and build sustainable social enterprises. They host the Avant-garde Entrepreneur podcast and offer online coaching, masterclasses, and the Avant-garde Entrepreneur Academy, a six-week personal leadership and business mentoring program. They support social entrepreneurs around the world and provide parity pricing, scholarships, and free online resources to ensure accessibility.
Avnitha creates personalized handmade jewelry and accessories from terracotta and other natural clays. The name Avnitha refers to Mother Earth, which provides the materials for their creations. Each piece is designed and handcrafted by their team in Sri Lanka.