Our Brands

Viveca produces handcrafted furniture, homeware, and lifestyle products from sustainably sourced rattan, cane, reed, water hyacinth, sea grass, and other natural materials. They have been exporting to German, Norway, the Netherlands, Japan, and the Maldives since 1994. Within Sri Lanka, they provide a local, affordable alternative to imported and plastic products. Viveca is committed to supporting local artisans and maintaining traditional crafts through modern, ergonomic design.

Vividhata helps individuals, teams, and organizations embrace equity, diversity, and inclusion to improve workplaces, performance outcomes, and innovation. They offer training, consulting, tools, and resources on equity, diversity, and inclusion topics. They also provide technical services to ensure websites, apps, and digital products are inclusive, engaging, and meet accessibility standards. Vividhata offers internships and career learning opportunities to university students from disadvantaged backgrounds. They use 50 percent of their profits to provide services or donations to women, LGBT+ people, refugees, migrants, ethnic and religious minorities, and people with disabilities. Vividhata is a Social Trader Certified Social Enterprise.

V.L.A.D. Outreach works to make mental health care accessible to all with a focus on marginalized, vulnerable, and hard-to-reach communities. They provide compassionate crisis support, person-centered counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, Gestalt counseling, and peer mentoring in safe, non-judgemental spaces. As an outreach service, they provide home visits for bedbound individuals and others who cannot travel and offer free or donation-based support to ensure cost will never be a barrier. V.L.A.D. Outreach is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC) and a member of Social Enterprise UK and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Voice Foundation is a volunteer-driven community organization that provides a voice for the voiceless and engages against violence, oppression, injustice and crime. The annual Voice Walk was started in 2013 to raise awareness about child abuse in Sri Lanka.

Voice of Dignity (VOD) creates crochet clothing, accessories, housewares, and toys from natural fiber yarn and provides livelihood opportunities for marginalized communities. They started with a group of women in a low-income area of Colombo where alcohol, drugs, and abuse are common. The Voice of Dignity model enables the women to work from home at their own pace, earn fair pay for each product they produce, and receive a share of profits. Products are durable and can be repaired. Scrap yarn is used to make smaller products or saved to be used as filling. Voice of Dignity reinvests proceeds to establish crochet groups in other marginalized communities.

Voices of Nature promotes sustainable living and conscious consumption by making it easier to access environmentally responsible products including bamboo straws and toothbrushes, coconut spoons, clay mugs, beeswax wraps, compost bins, padaru woven mats, and natural musical instruments. They have developed a center in the Knuckles mountain range with traditional mud buildings and fruit and vegetable cultivation. Voices of Nature aims to create positive change in people's attitude and behavior by demonstrating respect for nature, supporting environmentally responsible lifestyles, and organizing community awareness programs.

Voila produces organic certified virgin and extra virgin coconut oil, coconut flour, coconut chips, and king coconut water in Sri Lanka's coconut triangle. The production facility was built according to international food processing standards to provide premium healthy products, support environmentally responsible organic production, create rural livelihood opportunities, and generate foreign exchange for the country. Voila provides free meals, transport, and medical checkups for their workers. They have USDA Organic, JAS Organic, and EU Organic certifications.

VOKS helps plants and people grow and thrive. They specialize in decorative plant subscriptions that provide an environmentally responsible alternative to cut flowers and a way of supporting vulnerable citizens. VOKS is located in a social housing area and offers job training, internships, and flexible work to people with physical, psychological, social, or linguistic barriers to employment. Their program combines individual mentoring, teaching, and hands-on experience in a safe and inclusive work community. They offer modified work stations, ergonomic assistive devices, and options to work alone or with others. VOKS is committed to sustainable sourcing and a circular economy. Their plants are organic, MPS certified, or donated and potted in locally sourced recycled or natural materials. For the subscription service, they deliver replacement arrangements every 14 days so subscribers do not need to worry about plant care. The plants and potting materials are returned to the workshop where they are incorporated into new designs. VOKS is a registered social enterprise (RSV) and a part of Kooperationen and Sociale Entreprenører i Danmark.

Voice of Nature (VoNat) is a community-based biodiversity conservation and sustainable development organization in Cameroon that is dedicated to building a greener, safer, and more sustainable planet for all. It was created by a group of young people that wanted to use their skills, knowledge, and experience to find solutions to environmental challenges in their own communities and engage others to do the same. They work with kids and young adults to protect local species, address environmental pollution, and contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation through training, storytelling, media and arts, field research, tree planting, and community outreach. The VoNat Media Group maintains an online news platform, publishes a magazine, and develops the next generation of environmental journalists.They also support food security and livelihood development through public awareness campaigns and training programs on sustainable agriculture and environmentally responsible income generating strategies. VoNat is registered as a not-for-profit organization in Cameroon.

Vriksha aims to promote agroforestry and environmentally sustainable practices in order to maintain a healthy relationship between humans and nature. The initiative started with 25 farming families in remote rural communities on the edge of forest reserves in Matara and Badulla districts. The five village groups are committed to a philosophy called Step Back to Nature. They promote the idea that we all share a responsibility to protect nature and improve the lives of people in need, and they work together to coordinate harvesting, processing, packaging, and delivery. Vriksha products include raw bee honey, kithul palm syrup and jaggery, and ecologically grown black peppercorn and Ceylon cinnamon.

VSStory is an award-winning storytelling and strategy company that shares inspiring business solutions and increases the visibility of visionaries working on systemic social and environmental crises. They support the transition to a new type of communications strategy centered on vision and purpose, driven by community and connected ecosystems, and powered by video storytelling. VSStory is a certified Women Owned Business, a Singapore Champion of Good, and a certified B Corporation.

Vyanni was started to support and revitalize textile weaving in southern Sri Lanka. In order to highlight the value of these artisanal products and attract younger generations to learn the craft, they adhere to several principles: (1) Weavers should be able to earn an above-average living wage. (2) Priority is given to unique pieces and limited series rather than mass production. (3) Vyanni products should be recognized for their quality and design. (4) Customers are partners in development. Vyanni seeks to boost the self-confidence and unleash the hidden talents and creativity of the rural women they support. They operate a wholesale showroom in Matara and a retail outlet in Unawatuna, Galle. Products include home textiles, table linens, curtains, pillow covers, bed spreads, bed runners, and towels.

Wadda aims to reduce deforestation by reusing the wood from cargo pallets and boxes to produce attractive, affordable, long-lasting furniture. They create employment opportunities for Sri Lankan carpenters and offer an alternative to imported furniture and housewares made from synthetic materials. Wadda plants a tree for every product sold and partners with Lion Club Kalubowila, the Sri Lankan Red Cross, and other local groups on awareness raising and environmental initiatives.

Waffle Queen focuses on serving tasty, healthy and affordable waffles and giving back to the community. They use locally sourced and organic ingredients and contribute 10 percent of profits to support vocational training and entrepreneurial ventures in poor communities.

Waffle Queen is part of a Lend a Hand Foundation, a registered charity that provides disaster relief, medical support and assistance for children, widows, the homeless and other people in need.

Wagster Treats are healthy dog biscuits baked with simple, natural ingredients that dogs love. Each package sold helps change the lives of the people who make them. Wagster Treats is part of an award-winning nonprofit called Homeward Bound of Marin, which helps homeless and low-income people gain employment skills for a more stable and happy future. The team is committed to environmentally responsible practices. They source ingredients regionally whenever possible, and their kitchen has been certified as a California Green Business. All profits from Wagster Treats support training, shelter, and housing for people experiencing homelessness. Other nonprofits that want to raise money for a cause can purchase products wholesale and resell. Wagster Treats and Homeward Bound of Marin are part of Catalyst Kitchens, a nationwide affiliate network for nonprofits engaged in culinary social enterprises, and the REDF accelerator program for employment social enterprises.

Walimba Free Range supplies eggs from free-range hens with a focus on animal welfare, health, and environmental sustainability. Their hens move freely, eat a natural diet, and have access to supplementary feed like locally grown azolla, black soldier fly larvae, rice polish powder, and herbal plants. They meet the nutritional needs of laying hens without the use of synthetic hormones or other additives. Walimba Free Range is developing training programs to help low-income families raise poultry under natural environmental conditions, improve food security, and reduce dependence on expensive external inputs.

Walk the Walk Family Support Services helps families work together and communicate more effectively to prevent family conflict, breakdown, and crisis and support reunification. They offer trauma-informed professional counseling, mentorship, tailored support, and practical skills and guidance for professionals, parents, and young people. Walk the Walk operates an emotional wellbeing center in Hertfordshire that provides mental health support and accredited contact centers in Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire that provide safe supervised spaces for children to spend time with parents they don't live with. Their facilities are accessible, assistive technologies are available, and their staff are trained to work with clients who are in distress, suffering from trauma, or affected by autistic spectrum disorder, bipolar disorders, or physical disabilities. Walk the Walk is a registered Community Interest Company and a member of Social Enterprise UK.

Wanakaset, which means agroforestry in Thai, is a dynamic and ecologically based natural resource management system. Wanakaset Sri Lanka stewards 20 acres of land with the goal of regenerating the forest and watershed health and establishing diverse forest gardens that provide an abundance of food and services for humans and wildlife. They welcome people who are trying to shift to more ecological ways of living and offer accommodation through a unique membership model. Members and guests can participate in guided walks, observe birds, butterflies, and other wildlife, swim in the river, and make handicrafts from local materials. They can also learn basic gardening and nursery skills, ecological building techniques, foraging, and cooking from harvested ingredients. Wanakaset Sri Lanka is an ideal retreat space for artists, writers, and naturalists.

Wandusoa Organic was started to empower marginalized young people in Cameroon with regenerative agriculture skills and support them to become socially and ecologically responsible rural entrepreneurs. The school has on-campus agriculture enterprises that sell products and services to the local market to cover costs and ensure long-term financial sustainability. The enterprises also provide experiential learning opportunities for young people between the ages of 16 and 25. Students learn traditional subjects like mathematics and English as well as business skills and practical regenerative agriculture topics like agroforestry, permaculture, aquaculture, beekeeping, and livestock rearing. Wandusoa is committed to preserving and restoring living topsoil and teaching others to do the same.

Wano Cafe provides fair trade prices to Sri Lankan coffee farmers and works with a group of women to harvest, process, prepare, and serve this specialty coffee at a cafe in the center of Kandy town. The initiative was started by Japan Fair Trade Corporation but prioritizes local trade. Five percent of total sales is contributed to the Lady Fair Trade women's committee.