Our Brands

Urban Rhino creates crafts gin in the United Kingdom and supports rhino conservation, education, and community empowerment in South Africa. Their London dry gin is made with six natural botanicals at The Henley Distillery. They donate at least 10 percent of profits to Waterberg Rhino UK to protect rhino populations and support community-led projects in the Waterberg region.

Urban Rustics SL creates handmade, ecofriendly housewares and accessories from upcycled coconut shell and coconut husk. They offer reusable and biodegradable alternatives to single use plastic. Products include cutlery, food containers, serving dishes, bowls, cups and more. Urban Rustics SL is committed to making environmentally responsible products from local materials and providing rural employment opportunities.

Urumaya partners with suppliers to create environmentally responsible lifestyle products as local alternatives to imported, synthetic, and disposable products. For example, they produce cutlery and straw packs made from recycled fabrics and encourage people to say no single-use plastic. Urumaya provides employment opportunities for people who need the flexibility of stay-at-home work. A percent of monthly profits is donated to reforestation programs.

Us On Earth is an urban farm committed to sustainable agriculture. Their mission is to make local, seasonal, and organically grown food accessible to more people in Sri Lanka, bridge the gap between farmers and consumers, and help farmers capture more value. They keep prices as low as possible so that more segments of society can afford and enjoy healthy, organically grown food, and they hope to eventually work with a network of other farmers that are interested in sustainable techniques. Us On Earth encourages the consumption of indigenous, locally grown varieties of fruits and vegetables by making them available and raising awareness about the benefits and uses of local produce. Profits are used to support a local children's home and provide housing, food, and other services to workers.

Utopia is an urban innovation group focused on emerging cities and slums. They are creating a network of urban venture studios called CITYLABS across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to support entrepreneurs who are developing urban startups and solutions. While formal cities can be calcified and slow to change, emerging cities and informal slums are often highly decentralized and adaptive. They provide an opportunity to rethink the future of urban living. Utopia brings together design, technology, prototyping and marketing. They provide space to create, find basic seed funding, connect with mentors, and catalyze urban innovation related to transportation, housing, energy, connectivity, education, healthcare, food, water, sanitation, governance, culture, public spaces, public safety, economic systems, financial services, infrastructure, and more. The San Francisco "Mothership" provides platform services to the network of urban venture studios. Initial CITYLABS are located in Kathmandu, Nepal; Lagos, Nigeria; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Utopia is registered as a public benefit corporation.

Uva Wellassa Women Organization aims to "build an inclusive and just society where women are socially and economically empowered, free from all forms of discrimination, enjoy equal rights, and live in dignity and prosperity." Twenty of their members are actively involved in organic farming and sell fruits, vegetables, and peanuts under the name Seva Products. The organic farmers coordinate closely and support each other. They make their own organic inputs and follow many best practices: cover crops, mulching, intercropping with pest repellents plants, live fences and compost bins, and seed saving.

ValueMetrix is a Jersey based sustainability and corporate ethics consultancy working with leading businesses to enhance the authenticity, impact, and profile of their sustainability programs. They facilitate sustainability assessments and audits, provide customized advisory services, organize internal awareness and training sessions, design and execute campaigns, share benchmarking research, coordinate a local support network for sustainability personnel, and host a Jersey sustainability conference. ValueMetrix is the official administrator for The Jersey Good Business Charter. They donate a percent of profits to Water Aid.

Vanasiri promotes sustainably sourced forest and agricultural products and creates livelihood opportunities for Indigenous tribal people in Andhra Pradesh. They specialize in natural, biodegradable Adda leaf plates, handcrafted bamboo housewares, medicinal plants, peanuts, and other tribal farm products. The collective coordinates training, raw material procurement, logistics, fair market access, and machinery grants. Vanasiri is owned and managed by Indigenous tribal forest collectors and producers who are part of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in Eluru district. Profits are shared with producers and reinvested in collective progress and community development.

Vanguard Laundry delivers high-quality commercial laundry and linen services and provides transitional work opportunities for people from marginalized backgrounds who have faced barriers to employment. In addition to paid work, they offer a Social Impact Centre with personal and career development programs, access to higher education training and nationally recognized qualifications, and work placement pathways with employment partners. Vanguard provides linen rental and commercial laundry services for the healthcare sector in the Toowoomba region. They also offer a luxury accommodation range. They partner with Simba Global, a leader in ethically sourced linen, to reduce their social and environmental footprint. Vanguard is a registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise, and a member of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC). They reinvest all profits to expand their work skills and employment pathways programs.

Varnam Mallavi produces environmentally responsible palmyra housewares and accessories to reduce plastic pollution, support rural women, and uplift their community in northern Sri Lanka. They create handwoven baskets, bags, purses, yoga mats, placemats, and other products from locally sourced palmyra palm leaves as a natural alternative to imported plastic products. Varnam Mallavi is a women-led community enterprise.

Varuna Creations specializes in original folk art paintings that showcase the environment and traditions of village life in 19th century Sri Lanka. Their canvas paintings are made with nontoxic paints, natural cloth, and upcycled wooden frames from shipping pallets and discarded furniture. They also do wall murals. Varuna Creations offers affordable art classes for kids and donates to Rotaract Clubs to support environmental restoration projects.

Vasantham Organic Farm aims to provide healthy food for a healthy nation. They grow dry zone vegetables, legumes, cassava, sorghum, maize, banana, passionfruit, mango, and more in eastern Sri Lanka. Vasantham Organic Farm produces compost and liquid fertilizers, saves seeds, maintains pest repellent plants, and practices crop rotation, mulching, and cover cropping. They are verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).

VCeylon focuses on healthy food, environmental sustainability, and uplifting agricultural communities. They started by developing a network of farmers in Wilachchiya, Nikaweratiya, Wariyapola, Bingiriya, Dambulla, and Gampaha that grow traditional heirloom rice varieties without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. They are now working with entrepreneurial young people from rural areas to develop their own collection and processing businesses that supply to the main brand. In the future, VCeylon plans to expand their product portfolio to include sesame, pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, and other healthy and environmentally responsible farm products. VCeylon allocates a portion of profits to environmental and social projects. This includes planting mee and kumbuk trees on the side of paddy fields and supporting farming communities to transition to environmentally responsible techniques. VCeylon uses their online platform to raise consumer awareness about the value of heirloom varieties.

Vegan Sri Lanka creates awareness on veganism and helps people make vegan choices that benefit their health, the community, future generations, the planet and the animals. They provide information in local languages, promote locally available vegan products, share recipes, and organize awareness campaigns and community meetups. Vegan Sri Lanka is supported by volunteers and member donations. They partner with vegan activists around the world and other animal rights and environmental organizations in Sri Lanka.

Veg Delight specializes in all natural vegan alternatives to traditional fast foods. They produce vegetarian burgers, sausages, coconut ice cream and desserts with no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or other synthetic additives.

Velavan Organic Farm grows dry zone vegetables, legumes, cassava, banana, lime, and coconut in northeastern Sri Lanka. They save their own seeds and produce compost and liquid fertilizers from locally available materials. Velavan Organic Farm is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).

Velocity Empowerment tackles gender-based violence through emotional, mental, and physical self-defense. They provide prevention and early intervention workshops and training programs in workplaces, universities, and community organizations, and they collaborate with support organizations to offer recovery programs for sexual assault and domestic abuse survivors. Their holistic approach includes raising awareness of coercive control and abuse behaviors, training people to recognize and respond to unhealthy relationships, and developing allies and active bystanders who can provide support and access resources. Velocity Empowerment uses payments from commercial clients to offer subsidized or free programs for vulnerable populations. They are a member of the Social Enterprise Council of NSW & ACT (SECNA), Pyrmont Ultimo Network of Service, and NSW Greens.

VENT for Change is a Bristol-based sustainable stationery company that protects the planet and supports children’s education projects worldwide. They offer pencils made from recycled CD cases and notebooks, sketchbooks, list pads, journals, and pocketbooks made from recycled, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, fairtrade, or organic materials. All products are made in the United Kingdom or mainland Europe. Ten percent of net sales are donated to global education programs for children. VENT for Change also launched Share a Pencil Day, a global education awareness campaign for schoolchildren in the United Kingdom, Pencils with Purpose, which gifts tens of thousands of pencils to education charities each year, and Ambassador for Change, which provides free pencils to charities and volunteers working overseas.

Verdant Taprobane produces a range of natural mojito and piña colada mocktails from king coconut water, passion fruit, pineapple, coconut milk, and other locally sourced ingredients. Their drinks are full of antioxidants and electrolytes, low in sugar, and free from artificial flavors, preservatives, and other additives. Verdant Taprobane aims to reduce food waste, increase fruit consumption, and provide a substitute for imported drinks. They use plastic free packaging and support an environmental conservation program called Eyala.

Vertical Farm offers products and services for climate-smart regenerative agriculture and urban permaculture in Kano, Nigeria. They provide workshops and training programs for community members and smallholder farmers with a focus on growing nutritious food in small urban spaces, building healthy soil, and addressing climate change. Vertical Farm produces affordable natural compost under their City Compost brand and supplies quality seeds, organic inputs, and equipment. They also offer installation and consultancy services related to controlled environment agriculture and vertical farming techniques. Vertical Farm is part of African Food Changemakers.