Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
Bugyaal helps create livelihood opportunities for women artisans and farmers and makes Himalayan herbs and spices accessible to urban consumers. They offer seasoning blends, immunity blends, wellness tisanes, and gift boxes. Bugyaal raises awareness about indigenous superfoods. They work with local people to build new skills and achieve financial independence so they are not compelled to move to cities in search of opportunities.
Bumbi manufactures reusable cloth diapers and menstrual pads in Indonesia to support local livelihoods and public health, reduce plastic pollution and hazardous waste, protect the oceans, and contribute to a circular economy. Their products are made by local women and people with disabilities and were developed to be accessible and economical for low-income groups. In Indonesia, 13 million babies use disposable diapers annually and 50 percent of plastics in waterways are from single-use diapers. Bumbi pilot initiatives show that transitioning to reusable cloth diapers can help families reduce diaper expenses by up to 75 percent and reduce diaper rashes by 86 percent. They partner with local health workers to provide free tester sets to low-income families and ensure their products reach the people who need them most. Bumbi is a member of the Prevent Waste Alliance and the Indo-Pacific Plastics Innovation Network (IPPIN).
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.
Bun.Kar Bihar is the retail brand of Srijani Foundation, a nonprofit that was started to revive, promote, and sustain handspun and handwoven textiles in the state of Bihar and encourage the return of migrant weavers to their traditional craft. They focus on using natural local materials, reviving traditional skills, and promoting appropriate technologies and environmentally responsible processes. This includes hand spinning yarn on kisan charkha, a traditional wooden spinning wheel, preserving traditional weaves like extra weft Baavanbuti motifs, and incorporating embroidery and applique techniques like Sujni and Khatwa. Their saris, fabrics, stoles, dupattas, cushions, towels, and other housewares are available online and through their partners. Bun.Kar Bihar is committed to long term relationships, capacity building, and fair prices for hand-spinners, weavers, and embroiderers and is a member of the Creative Dignity movement.
BunkoJunko transforms textile waste into upcycled housewares, clothing, and accessories and creates work-from-home opportunities for women caregivers who are unable to access traditional employment. The founder has three decades of experience in the fashion industry and has provided tailoring and embroidery training for more than 5,000 women. After seeing all of the waste in the sector, she began researching sustainable and ethical fashion and using scraps from the cutting floor to create upcycled designs for exhibitions. Now, in addition to producing a range of products under their own name, BunkoJunko works with manufacturers and designers to recycle their waste streams into sellable goods. In 2020, BunkoJunko started Dezinelife Social Welfare Foundation to expand their social and environmental impact.
Bunkyard Hostels aims to be "more than just a bed" in Sri Lanka. They have locations in central Colombo and the southern beach town of Weligama and offer dorms and private rooms that are furnished with locally sourced and upcycled materials. They also offer shared transport between traveler hubs. Bunkyard is committed to social and environmental responsibility and does not provide single-use plastic straws or water bottles. They organize community events and actively support like-minded local enterprises.
BUONO Food for Life is a social enterprise started to support Child Action Lanka. It is a locally run community cafe in Kandy town that hosts local events and serves coffee, smoothies, baked donuts, and other snacks. 100% of the cafe's profits are used to support programs for kids including daily meals, school supplies, and education expenses.
BusSeat.lk makes it easier for Sri Lankans to choose public transport for long distance trips and reduce their carbon footprint. They offer an online booking website and hotline for passengers, a bus management mobile app and white labeled reservation websites for bus operators, a ticket selling mobile app with wallet facilities for travel agents, a call center bus booking portal for telco operators, and APIs for third-party bus booking service providers. All bus operators on the platform are approved by the National Transport Commission of Sri Lanka. In the past, bus transport in Sri Lanka operated manually. With BusSeat.lk, people are now able to easily access public transport information, make reservations and payments, and track routes. An efficient public transportation system not only benefits local travelers and the environment, it also supports the tourism sector and contributes to local economic development.
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.
Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses is a fourth generation family business that has been producing hard, soft, and blue cheeses in rural Lancashire since 1932. All of their cheeses are made and matured under one roof in their farm house dairy, and the majority of their milk comes from their own herd. During periods of high demand or low supply, they source from neighboring farms within 10 miles to keep the food miles and carbon footprint low. Butlers offers a local, ethical alternative to mass produced cheese from industrial agriculture operations and is continuously working to increase their environmental responsibility. For example, cheese packaging is normally made of several different polymers to maintain quality and prevent food waste, which makes it difficult to recycle. Butlers has been investing in alternatives, and in 2021, they launched a single polymer package that is fully and easily recyclable. They are currently working on compostable packaging alternatives made from natural materials like seaweed. Butlers contributes to local community initiatives and events and sponsored the installation of rural broadband for people in the local area.
Buttons for Beans contributes to a circular economy by creating upcycled children's clothing and accessories from discarded materials that would have otherwise gone to landfill. They collect adult clothing, curtains, tablecloths, pillow cases, duvets, sleeping bags, fabric swatches, charity shop rag bags, and other fabrics and transform them into unique rompers, dresses, dungarees, tops, shorts, trousers, jackets, memory quilts, and more. Products can be customized and made to order. When the clothing is outgrown, customers can return it for a discount on their next purchase. Buttons for Beans maintains a swap shop where these pre-loved pieces can be purchased at a fraction of the original cost.
Buy Good. Feel Good. helps connect conscious consumers with brands that focus on the common good through innovative social missions, fair trade, and environmental stewardship. BGFG started in Toronto with an annual expo and grew to become North America’s largest exhibition dedicated to social enterprises. They now offer a year-round online marketplace to promote businesses that that put people and planet ahead of profit. BFGG Marketplace is a one-stop-shop for ethical and sustainable clothing, accessories, housewares, personal care, coffee, tea, spices, and more. They work with Fairtrade Canada, Fair Trade Federation, World Fair Trade Organization, B Lab, Social Enterprise Alliance, Causeartist, and other mission aligned partners.
Buy Social Canada brings together purpose driven purchasers and social value suppliers to build business relationships that generate social benefits for communities across Canada. By enabling people to buy and sell with impact, they are creating a social value marketplace and unleashing the transformative power of the market. Buy Social Canada offers social enterprise certification, social purchasing partnerships, social procurement consulting, webinars and training services, national and regional engagement opportunities, and online resources on social enterprise, social procurement, community benefit agreements, and the social value marketplace. They also maintain directories of certified social enterprises, social purchasing partners, and community champions in Canada. Buy Social Canada is a certified Living Wage Employer in British Columbia and Ontario.
Buy Social USA is supporting the development of a social procurement ecosystem in the United States. They make it easier for social enterprises to sell their products and services and easier for institutional buyers to source from certified social enterprises. Through a network of networks approach, Buy Social USA helps local groups access information and procurement opportunities and provide services to their members. They operate as a not-for-profit, which means there are no private shareholders and all surplus is reinvested to expand the social enterprise movement in the United States.
BYCS nurtures, strengthens, and scales community-led cycling initiatives globally. Their work is rooted in the belief that bicycles provide more efficient and sustainable transportation and are a powerful tool for societal transformation: decreasing urban inequality, improving community health, fostering neighborhood economies, and ensuring urban resilience. BYCS helps develop bicycle cultures in cities around the world through youth engagement, behavioral change initiatives, urban activations, awareness and advocacy campaigns, network coordination, and research. Their global network of Bicycle Mayors and Youth Bicycle Mayors increase visibility of the movement, serve as local catalysts, and rapidly share ideas, challenges, and solutions. BYCS is a not-for-profit social enterprise and reinvests all surplus towards their mission. They are part of the European Cycling Federation, Dutch Cycling Embassy, and Social Enterprise NL.
Companies Creating Change (C3) helps mission-driven founders unlock opportunities and accelerate their social and environmental impact. They work with a network of trainers, experts, investors, and institutional partners to provide curated learning journeys for aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. The first step is the C3 Impact Hub, which includes self-assessment tools, masterclasses, and a curated directory of resources. Eligible startups are able to apply for a C3 Impact Accelerator on energy and food, education and skill development, financial empowerment, human health and wellbeing, creative industries, or diversity, equity, and inclusion. C3 also partners with corporations, government institutions, and international organizations to develop programs for specific challenges or geographical areas. Accelerators are free for participants and include training, investor readiness, access to C3's international network, and post-program support.
Caare makes quality healthcare accessible and affordable to underserved rural communities in India. Their assisted telemedicine platform enables local health workers to serve as a bridge between rural patients and doctors in urban areas. Services can be provided in Caare telemedicine clinics, mobile medical camps, or patients' homes. Local health workers collect information, check vitals, run diagnostic tests using Abbot point-of-care devices, and organize video calls with doctors. Caare is also developing Video Vitals, a contactless software solution that uses artificial intelligence to extract health indicators from video footage of a patient's face. Their platform is accredited by the National Health Authority of India and certified by Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
Caboolture Workers Co-op creates meaningful employment for people with disabilities in the Moreton Bay region. Since 2006, they have provided many thousands of hours of supportive, flexible employment for their worker-members through lawn mowing, office cleaning, newspaper delivery, car washing, administration, and hospitality services. They currently serve coffee and takeaway food to medical staff and visitors at the Morayfield Health Hub. The coffee shop prioritizes compostable packaging and encourages customers to bring their own coffee cup. Caboolture Workers Co-op is a Social Traders Certified Enterprise and a member of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC).
Cacao Collectors supplies raw cacao beans as a natural energy snack. The raw cacao bean not only tastes good, it also contains more than 300 health-promoting compounds and is considered one of the most nutritious fruits in the world. Many of these nutrients are heat sensitive and are destroyed when the beans are roasted to make chocolate. Like wine grapes, cacao has many different genotypes and varies based on terroir. Cacao Collectors partners with small-scale growers and cooperatives around the equator to produce raw food grade cacao beans in multiple forms: dried in pulp without fermentation, naturally fermented whole beans with and without the shell, and fermented nibs with natural unrefined sweeteners. They are committed to educating consumers about the health benefits of raw cacao and providing fair trade prices to producers.
Cactus House Colombo cultivates cacti and ornamental plants to purify the air we breathe and "make the world a better place to live." They make their own compost and potting soil and use pots from local village producers. Cactus House Colombo is committed to organic cultivation techniques and does not use any synthetic agrichemicals.