Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
Yanni's specializes in fresh, all natural hummus. They source ingredients directly from small-scale local suppliers and raise awareness about the nutritional benefits of this Middle Eastern dip, particularly as a plant-based source of protein for vegans and vegetarians. Yanni's Hummus is packaged in reusable glass jars and sold at low margins to ensure products are accessible and affordable. A portion of proceeds are used to support low income families in the surrounding community.
Yasmine offers consciously made textiles, values local practices, gives new life to waste, and contributes to the circular economy in Portugal. They create handprinted tea towels, napkins, pillows, pouches, and bags from cotton and linen fabrics, natural dyes, and non-toxic inks. The stamps they use for printing are hand-carved with original nature-inspired designs. Yasmine sources deadstock fabrics from Portuguese manufacturers to prevent materials from going to landfills or incinerators. The fabrics are dyed with kitchen waste and wild-harvested botanicals, handprinted, and carefully cut and sewn to avoid waste. Yasmine reuses water from the natural dyeing process, composts waste, and invests profits in reforestation, syntropic agriculture, and agroforestry initiatives.
Yattir offers healthy sandwiches made from natural, locally sourced ingredients. Whenever possible they source from other Good Market community members and local, small-scale suppliers. The founder was unable to work for 3 years due to medical reasons and is now committed to benefiting others by making healthier food options more accessible. As Yattir expands, they aim to contribute to Center of Hope and other local causes.
Yekpare Social Enterprise Turkey is a social enterprise association that helps social enterprises access information, resources, support, community, and markets. They organize community events, provide consulting services, conduct research, and develop and advocate for inclusive and regenerative policies. Yekpare maintains a database of available support for social entrepreneurs and coordinates the international #BuySocial (#SosyalGirişimdenAl) campaign in Turkey. They have an inclusive membership structure that is accessible to startups and low income social enterprises. Yekpare is part of Catalyst 2030 and Euclid Network.
YellowBag makes cloth bags from local cotton, jute, and other environmentally responsible materials, reduces single-use plastic consumption, and creates livelihood opportunities for women from urban slums. They specialize in customized cloth bags for ethical fashion brands, retailers, restaurants, hotel laundry services, conferences, events, and wedding thamboolam. YellowBag started with a tailoring workspace in the Madhichiyam area of Madurai, and they are now working to develop a Women Tailoring Network across other marginalized communities. When women have the ability to generate a steady income, it improves their self esteem, their family's health, and educational outcomes for their children. Young people in these communities have higher dropout rates and are more vulnerable to early marriage, drug use, and crime. YellowBag also initiated an educational program called Green Slate to provide academic support, improve life skills and leadership skills, and help first-generation learners finish their higher studies. YellowBag is registered as a not-for-profit social enterprise.
Yellow Hello produces tropical fruit leather snacks in Sri Lanka to provide employment for village women, support local farmers, reduce post-harvest losses, and provide a healthy, local alternative to imported sweets. They use mango, banana, pineapple, papaya, passionfruit, starfruit, and soursop from nearby home gardens. Yellow Hello is working to develop compost and biogas production.
Yellow Submarine supports people with learning disabilities and autism in Oxfordshire to "live life to the full." They start working with young people from the age of 11 onwards to build social skills, confidence, and independence through activity days, social clubs, and residential holidays. For participants that are ready to transition from education to employment, they offer workplace training through Yellow Submarine Cafes in Oxford and Witney and through Life Changing Bakes, which supplies cakes, cookies, and other baked goods for the cafes and their online shop. Ingredients are sourced from independent local suppliers. Trainees receive individualized support, employability qualifications, and a certificate in food hygiene. They have gone on to thrive in many different work environments. Yellow Submarine also provides training for companies and employers to educate them on how to make adjustments to successfully employ and support an employee with additional needs. They are a registered charity and contribute 100 percent of any surplus towards their mission.
Yoga on the Inside provides access to trauma-informed yoga and embodied mindfulness tools and practices to help people shift from surviving to thriving. They partner with prisons, youth detention centers, recovery programs, and support organizations to offer group and individual classes for people impacted by incarceration, family violence, substance abuse, psychosocial disabilities, and other marginalized groups. Classes are facilitated by professionally qualified yoga teachers with specialized training in a trauma-informed approach. They are adapted to be accessible for everyone including people with disabilities. Yoga on the Inside reinvests at least 50 percent of all profits towards mentoring facilitators and providing pro bono services to support organizations with aligned values. They participate in forums, communities of practice, and conferences to share the benefits of this practice. Yoga on the Inside is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise, the Australian affiliate of the Prison Yoga Project, and a member of Yoga Australia and the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC).
Yoga Organic Farm cultivates organic food in northeastern Sri Lanka. Crops include turmeric, ginger, cassava, papaya, coconut, moringa, and dry zone vegetables. They practice mixed cropping and produce their own compost and organic inputs from locally available materials. Yoga Organic Farm is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Yoga Studio LK offers prenatal yoga, private yoga classes for women, and group classes for kids. They provide opportunities for all ages, abilities, and income levels to develop a yoga practice for reduced stress, improved mobility and strength, and increased physical wellness.
Yogya Macrame's purpose is to support the local community in Ella, Sri Lanka. They create handmade macrame plant hangers, wall hangings, and artwork and contribute 20 percent of sales to community initiatives including workshops for local women. Yogya also provides organically grown rice and vegetables and financial assistance to local people in need. They prioritize environmentally responsible materials and are testing out locally available natural dyes.
Yohan Ceramic promotes local handmade pottery as a safe, environmentally responsible alternative to plastic housewares and imported goods. They produce cups, mugs, bowls, plates, carafes, tea pots, and other products from earthenware clay.
Yolélé was started to create economic opportunity for West African smallholder farming communities, support their biodiverse, regenerative, and climate-resilient farming systems, and share Africa’s ingredients and flavors with the world. Most development funding in the drought and famine-prone Sahel region goes towards chemical-intensive, monocultures of foreign crop varieties. Yolélé is creating a market for traditional crops that are well-suited to the region’s soil and hot arid climate and are grown in resilient, biodiverse local farming systems. Their initial products in the United States are fonio, a nutrient-rich, easy-to-cook ancient African grain, fonio chips, fonio pilafs, and fonio flour. By investing in local smallholder farmers, training them in conservation farming techniques, and developing a fair-trade supply chain, Yolélé is contributing to economic resilience, food sovereignty, healthier soil, and stronger communities. A portion of sales are dedicated to quality of life improvements in their sourcing communities. Yolélé is part of Nourishing Africa.
You Mental supports the mental health and wellbeing of people in Milton Keynes through accessible and affordable early intervention and prevention services. They offer mental health and wellbeing education, small group and one-to-one support sessions, wellbeing hubs, community wellbeing events, and opportunities to participate, share feedback, and engage in advocacy campaigns. Programs are personalized based on the needs and wants of each individual. You Mental is a Community Interest Company (CIC) and a member of Social Enterprise UK, The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), and the Milton Keynes Mental Health Alliance. They reinvest all surplus towards their purpose.
YouMeWe Social Impact Group grows and amplifies conscious leaders and sustainable social impact. They started by interviewing pioneering women leaders across Africa for the YouMeWe Amplified podcast. They now interview women internationally, host a global community, organize tours and events, participate in speaking engagements, publish online resources and books, and offer coaching, consulting, workshops, and training programs. YouMeWe focuses on creating an inclusive and collaborative culture to maximize meaning while attracting, engaging, and retaining colleagues, customers, and collaborators. They are committed to accessibility and provide their podcasts and much of their content for free. A portion of all earnings goes to the YouMeWe Foundation to provide scholarships for women in Africa.
Young Earthlings offers environmentally responsible children's clothing, toys, and accessories. They use organically grown cotton and natural plant-based dyes. Products are designed to minimize waste. This includes mindful pattern cutting, flexible sizing, and quality standards to increase durability. Offcuts are used to make dolls and accessories. Young Earthlings packs products in handwoven palm leaf boxes and other compostable materials.
Youth Enterprises Australia (YEA) mobilizes untapped early career talent and helps young Australians overcome barriers to employment. For industry and government partners, they offer staffing solutions that include recruitment, workforce management, learning, and development. For young individuals aged 18 to 25, they offer a six-month transitional employment program that includes holistic wraparound services, respectful wages, rental support, workshops and training on topics like employability skills, financial literacy, resume writing, and hospitality, and a community of peers, mentors, and facilitators. YEA supports young people facing diverse challenges such as disengagement from school, extended unemployment, disability, unstable housing, and health and wellbeing issues. They also maintain two venues. Hawthorn Hub is a unique and versatile event space suitable for workshops, small classes, and social gatherings. Little Kitchen that Could is a professional kitchen and specialized hospitality training center. YEA is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise and a member of Social Enterprise Network Victoria (SENVIC).
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.
Your Own Underwear (Y.O.U) works with India's leading ethical and sustainable manufacturer to produce fairtrade organic cotton underwear for women and men and bralettes for women and girls. For every pair of underwear sold from their core collection, Y.O.U donates two pairs through Smalls for All. Sales from their Mara range go to support Maasai communities through the Ajuma Foundation. Their light pink range supports the breast cancer charity Future Dreams, and sales of their menstrual cups support Just a Drop with menstrual hygiene programs in Uganda. Y.O.U is committed to showing an inclusive and diverse group of people in their marketing materials and never edits or airbrushes images. They package products in organic cotton bags and mailers made from recycled materials, work with Yago Eco to turn old mailers into recycled plastic earrings, and plant trees through Eden Reforestation, Treedom, and Ecologi. Y.O.U is a registered social enterprise, a member of Social Enterprise UK, and has Living Wage Employer, Fairtrade, GOTS organic, and PETA-Approved vegan certifications.
Yummy Goodness specializes in artisan jams, marmalades and chutneys hand-crafted from traditional forest garden fruits like lovi, biling, naarang, ambarella, and naminan. The products are made in small batches and thickened by slow-cooking the old-fashioned way. Yummy Goodness preserves highly seasonal fruits, which are grown with no synthetic agrichemicals on their own estate. Farm workers receive a range of social services and benefits including housing and profit sharing. Glass jars are reused and fruit waste is composted.