Our Brands

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.

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.

Awidinno promotes camping, mountaineering, hiking, rock climbing, bouldering, abseiling, mountain biking, and other adventure sports with a focus on safety and environmental responsibility.

AWWA offers sustainable and inclusive period, incontinence, and postpartum solutions. Their name is derived from the Māori word "awa" meaning river or flow. In the past, Māori referred to their period as te awa atua, the divine river, and AWWA wants every woman to feel divine and empowered during their period. They specialize in reusable absorbent underwear and swimwear that prevent millions of single-use menstrual products from ending up landfills and waterways each year AWWA products are made from certified organic, natural, and recycled fibers by ethical manufacturers and are available for all shapes and sizes from 3XS to 6XL. Two percent of revenue is used to fight period poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand. AWWA measures and offsets at least 120 percent of their carbon footprint with certified carbon credits through Ekos. The carbon credits are sourced from projects that grow and protect native forests in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Islands and help to deliver climate resilience, waterways protection, erosion control, biodiversity conservation and community economic development. AWWA is Māori women owned, an accredited Living Wage Employer, and a certified B Corporation.

Axé Boom Boom was started to help ensure that all youth and their families, regardless of financial, ethnic, physical, and social background, should have equal access to physical and musical activities that support healthy development. They find solutions to childhood inactivity in Edinburgh by running capoeira and djembe drumming classes and workshops as afterschool clubs, holiday camps, in-school programs, and at festivals or other events. Axé Boom Boom focuses on serving communities with higher social and economic deprivation. They offer discounts or free spaces to families in need, and they modify classes to accommodate neurodivergence and disabilities. By promoting active and healthy living, they support body and mind development, confidence, creativity, discipline, and the values of respect and perseverance. Axé Boom Boom is a not-for-profit social enterprise and a member of The Good Stuff Network Edinburgh and Social Enterprise UK. They reinvest all surplus towards their purpose.

Ayebea's Sankofa Marketplace brings Ghanaian craftsmanship to the world, supports artisans, and uplifts communities. Their curated online marketplace includes shea butter, black soap, Bolga baskets, Ankara fans, Krobo glass beads, and other handmade housewares, clothing, and accessories. They maintain long-term fair trade relationships with artisans, prioritize environmentally responsible materials like recycled glass, coconut shells, and upcycled fabrics, and focus on traditional techniques to preserve cultural knowledge. Ayebea's Sankofa Marketplace donates to GOPA Foundation to empower underserved communities, invests in school facilities, provides school supplies for children in Ghana, and distributes care packages to unhoused individuals in Chicago. They are a member of Chicago Fair Trade.

Aymara aims to reduce the inequalities experienced by ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom and improve the health and wellbeing of those who are marginalized, stigmatized, and socially excluded. They work with Latin American communities to improve access to healthcare and mainstream services, and they collaborate with local authorities, government agencies, researchers, and charity and corporate partners to increase reach and impact. Their model relies on evidence-based and pay-for-performance practices to ensure innovative and efficient project delivery. Aymara is registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC) and is a member of Social Enterprise UK, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British HIV Association (BHIVA), and British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH). They reinvest all surplus towards their mission.

Ayubo aims to share Ayurvedic herbal infusions from Sri Lanka with the world. Their range of herbal blends include bael flower (belimal), sarsaparilla (irumusu), mountain knotgrass (polpala), Tanner's cassia (ranawara), gotukola, ginger coriander, ginger lemongrass, garcinia mint, bitter melon and green tea, and Ceylon cinnamon. The name comes from "Ayubowan," a wish for long life that is a traditional greeting in Sri Lanka. Ayubo is a family venture that draws on three generations of Ayurvedic experience.

Ayubo.life is a mobile app that aims to bring healthcare online and make it easier for busy people to incorporate wellness into their daily lives. They offer fitness and nutrition plans, consultation scheduling, chat, and video calls with doctors and other health professionals, access to lab reports, and medicine delivery. People can pick a daily goal, track workouts, see their wellness dashboard, and participate in challenges.

AyuRa offers healthy, sustainably sourced food and creates income opportunities in rural communities. They purchase fresh fish from an artisanal fisherman in southern Sri Lanka and work with women in their own village to produce quality, value-added dried fish. AyuRa also produces savory and sweet peanut mixes using peanuts from an organic farming group in northeast Sri Lanka and curry leaves, chili, and kithul from local home gardens. Finally, they work with a relation in Dubai to supply natural dates from Emirati farmers as an alternative to the sweetened and adulterated dates currently available in the Sri Lankan market. AyuRa supplies local shops and uses a portion of the income to provide food for people in need in their community.

Ayura specializes in skincare made in Sri Lanka from natural, ayurvedic ingredients. They offer affordable face packs for bright and healthy skin.