Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
Booja-Booja began in 1999 with the goal of creating vegan treats from simple organic ingredients and operating in a way that respects the planet and the people and other animals on it. They started with vegan organic chocolate truffles and later expanded to vegan organic ice cream. All products are soy free and gluten free and produced in their own independent factory in Norfolk. Booja-Booja maintains direct, long-term trade relationships with their ingredient suppliers and has been sourcing handpainted gift boxes and Easter eggs from Kashmiri artisans for nearly two decades. Over the past several years, they have been working to reduce their packaging materials, maximize the proportion that is widely recyclable in the United Kingdom, and maximize the proportion made from recycled materials. They have also been reducing the amount of waste that their manufacturing facility sends to landfill. Booja-Booja is a certified Living Wage Employer and is certified organic by Soil Association.
Book Bratz offers interactive storytelling sessions to help children develop strong reading habits and a love for books and learning. Programs are developed to support communication, public speaking, and social interaction skills. Priority is given to books with positive social and environmental messages.
BookTastic works to generate a love of books and reading in all children, regardless of background. Their flagship annual festival in Bedford brings writers and illustrators from across the United Kingdom to get children excited about books and reading. Featured books are available in an online store and can be purchased for children and partner schools. BookTastic works with community groups, schools, and other partners to deliver diverse and inclusive events to diverse and inclusive audiences. Festivals and programs are free for participants. Booktastic is a Community Interest Company (CIC) and a member of Social Enterprise UK. They reinvest all surplus towards their purpose.
Booteek is a social enterprise that aims to link underprivileged women in Sri Lanka with the rest of the world by marketing their handmade products. They focus on producing therapeutic toys for children with learning disabilities. In addition to their popular finger puppets and hand puppets, they also create pencil cases, coin purses, jewelry cases, tote bags, quilts, key tags, and earrings. The project started in 2001 as a needlework workshop for students and mothers at the Chitra Lane School of the Special Child. It has since grown to serve a collective of women that market their products through Booteek. The Booteek team provides technical training and art therapy workshops to participating women. They use an adaptive learning approach to help the women fulfill their developmental, social, academic and vocational potential.
Bootle’s makes it easier for Singaporeans to access farm-to-table food and make choices that build healthy communities and ecosystems. Their retail shop and delivery service feature fresh fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, seafood, rice, grains, and other pantry staples. They maintain their own urban farm, source locally whenever possible, and aim to increase food resilience in Singapore. The Bootle's team wants people to feel connected with their food and where it came from. They guarantee full transparency and clearly label all produce as organic, agrichemical-free, or conventional to help people make informed decisions. As part of their sourcing process, they connect with suppliers and learn about their business practices, philosophy, and ambitions. Suppliers that care about soil health, conscientious animal husbandry, and the future of planet Earth are prioritized. Bootle's gives back to the community by donating fresh produce to local charities.
BoP Hub is a not-for-profit business accelerator platform that aims to create an efficient marketplace for communities at the base of the pyramid (BoP) by supporting entrepreneurship, connecting partners, and sharing resources. The BoP Solutions Centre is a 30,000 square foot physical space in Singapore that is scheduled to open in 2020 as a global epicenter for BoP business and trade. It will provide a co-working space for social enterprises that promote economic inclusion for disadvantaged communities, an events venue, shared business services, training and mentoring, and support for fundraising. BoP Hub also offers online events, education programs, and services to map and match the resources, tools, and players in the BoP marketplace.
Born in Nature adds value to Sri Lankan spices, herbs, fruits, and vegetables to supply affordable healthy products, minimize food waste, and create livelihood opportunities for women in Kuliyapitiya. They offer herbal porridge powder, matcha powder, turmeric powder, vegan golden milk powder, scotch bonnet chili powder and flakes, bee honey, virgin coconut oil, bottled kohila, lotus root, jackfruit, and breadfruit, and bottled pickles, pastes, sauces, and curries. Born in Nature collects back packaging and is working towards environmentally responsible packaging solutions for all products. They pay more than market rates and contribute 10 percent of profits to a workers' fund to support health, education, and other needs.
Botanical Skincare Lab combines advanced cosmetic chemistry and responsibly sourced natural ingredients to produce innovative, zero waste skin and hair care products in Hervey Bay, Queensland. They offer small-batch cleansers, moisturizers, scrubs, masks, shampoo bars, shaving bars, and more. All products are vegan, cruelty free, and made with natural clays, oils, butters, and botanical extracts. Botanical Skincare Lab is solar powered and uses cold-processing techniques whenever possible to maintain the potency of the ingredients and reduce energy consumption. They prioritize compostable, reusable, and recyclable packaging materials. Botanical Skincare Lab donates to Dachshund IVDD Support Australia.
Botanical Yoga helps people cultivate practices for wellness and wellbeing through gardening, cooking classes, restorative yoga, a resource library, and gatherings. They support learning journeys that help participants become conscious of their self-care needs and feel in harmony and balance with their true nature and Mother Nature. The project started with the Botanical Tea Room and Culinary Arts Studio in Missouri. Their botanical garden grows wild native edibles and is recognized for its pollinator-friendly practices by Pollinator Partnership. They use their edible flowers, culinary herbs, and other ingredients to create botanically infused and inspired recipes. Botanical Yoga offers sliding-scale fees and scholarships for people with special needs. They operate under a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and use their proceeds to provide public cooking and yoga classes, host speakers, chefs, and nonprofit events, distribute seeds and plants, and offer upcycling workshops.
Botanic Hues creates shawls, bags, and clothing using traditional hand-dyeing techniques and natural colorants made from locally sourced leaves, roots, tree bark, flowers, and seeds. Most synthetic textile dyes contain toxic heavy metals and other chemicals that are harmful to human health and the environment. Naturally dyed textiles from Botanic Hues provide a beautiful, safe, and environmentally responsible alternative.
Bothale collects glass bottles and upcycles them into drinking glasses, candle covers, wind chimes, lamps, storage containers, and other housewares. The products are cut and polished by hand and packed in recycled paper. Bothale uses their platform to promote waste reduction, reuse, upcycling, and recycling.
BøthOfUs is a social impact startup that uses technology and design to enable and accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their international team specializes in UI and UX design, web, app, and hardware development, and illustration services for social impact projects and companies. Examples of past work include Co2Co2Puffs, an AI tool that makes air pollution visible and actionable, PlasticFreeEurope, an online store for alternatives to single-use plastics, and Safe&Sound, an app to ward off attackers by sounding an alarm and contacting help. They use an iterative design process that focuses on addressing social and environmental problems, improving user experience, and increasing impact. BøthOfUs participates in Catalyst 2030, Dovetail, and The Weaving Lab.
BottleBoutique.lk is a social enterprise that works with the Thalpe Recycling Centre in southern Sri Lanka to upcycle discarded glass bottles into home decor and environmentally responsible party and wedding decorations. They raise awareness about local recycling initiatives and help people rethink waste. BottleBoutique.lk specializes in custom and personalized designs and offer reduced rates for charities and social impact organizations.
Bottles to Beads is an ethical business that trains and employs village women in Nepal to produce recycled glass beads and jewelry from broken windows and discarded glass bottles that litter cities and mountain tracks and are a hazard to people and animals. Each glass bead is individually painted in the unique style of the artist with tools made by the women themselves using everyday objects. Bottles to Beads uses social entrepreneurship to facilitate transformation: from a polluted to a cleaner environment, from unskilled and unpaid women to empowered income earners, from broken glass to jewelry, and from trash to cash. All profits are either reinvested in the workshop or given to the teams for school fees, savings, and living expenses. For every 1000 beads sold, Bottles to Beads plants a fruit tree around their workshop or in the villages where they operate.
Boundless produces healthy, flavorful activated snacks made from all natural ingredients. High fiber foods like nuts and seeds contain phytic acid, which binds to minerals and nutrients and reduces their absorption rate. Boundless drenches their nuts and seeds in saltwater to start the germination process, soaks them to remove the phytic acid and protective enzymes, and bakes them with a mix of herbs and spices. This activation process increases the bioavailability of nutrients and nutritional value and improves digestion. Boundless snacks are vegan, gluten-free and available in turmeric smoked paprika, cayenne rosemary, tamari aleppo, and orange ginger maple. Nuts and seeds require quite a bit of water to grow, so Boundless gives back by donating four percent of revenue each month to Frank Water, a Bristol-based charity that funds safe drinking water initiatives in India and Nepal.
Boutique Fiori supplies handmade natural housewares and accessories, preserves traditional crafts, and uplifts rural artisans and small-scale entrepreneurs in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. They partner with a network of producers that focus on environmentally responsible practices and sustainably sourced materials like reed, coconut fiber, coconut shell, jute, and unbleached cotton. Boutique Fiori visits producers, ensures safe working conditions, pays fair trade rates, provides opportunities for skill development, and assists with product design and market access. Proceeds are used to support cataract operations, cancer treatments, and schoolchildren in need.
Bowl'd was started to provide healthy and delicious alternatives to fast food. They are a quick service restaurant with a "build your own" model. Customers can choose from a range of options to create their own customized bowl. Bowl'd sustainably sources local ingredients whenever possible and adjusts their menu according to seasonal availability.
Boyagane DC Mills is a family business that was started in 1958 to process coconut and improve rural livelihood opportunities. They maintain fair trade relationships with local coconut growers, provide scholarships and career opportunities to workers from the surrounding areas, and offer training and research opportunities to university undergraduates. Boyagane manufactures organic certified virgin coconut oil. They also produce packaged coconut oil, desiccated coconut, coconut flour, pol sambol, and hair oil under their Amaranth brand.
Aarong was established in 1978 by BRAC, the world's largest development organization, to empower rural craftspeople and enable them to realize their potential. They now support more than 65,000 artisans in craft clusters across Bangladesh through 25 retail stores, an online shop, and international networks of fair trade partners. BRAC-Aarong is committed to paying artisans on time at fair trade rates and provides capacity building programs, child care, access to microcredit and savings instruments, financial subsidies for health and education, legal aid, and retirement gratuity through the Ayesha Abed Foundation (AAF). About half of the artisans work through AAF production centers and the remainder work in independent workshops and traditional family-based artisan groups that maintain good working conditions, fair employment standards, and environmentally responsible practices. Priority is given to traditional materials like bamboo, cane, wood, clay, hand woven silk and cotton, handmade paper, and more. BRAC-Aarong is a member of Ecota Fair Trade Forum and a guaranteed member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
Bragg Sri Lanka is an authorized distributor for Bragg products including organic apple cider vinegar, liquid aminos, and nutritional yeast. Bragg Live Foods is a pioneering health food company that started in Santa Barbara, California in 1912. The raw apple cider vinegar is made from organically grown apples and includes the probiotic "mother." Liquid aminos contains 16 essential amino acids and can be used as a substitute for soy sauce. Nutritional yeast is rich in B vitamins and is used as a seasoning and in vegan cheese recipes. Bragg Sri Lanka helps make these health and wellness products more accessible for Sri Lankan consumers.