Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
CareerSeekers creates professional career opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and helps employers connect with a hidden pool of skilled, diverse, motivated, and resilient professionals. They collaborate with universities, community groups, and settlement agencies to link qualified participants with employers through paid internships. Their university program is for students at Australian universities who arrived on a humanitarian visa or are seeking asylum. Their mid-career professional program is for recent humanitarian arrivals who hold a tertiary qualification and have prior work experience abroad. The placements help refugees and asylum seekers develop the skills, local experience, and networks to secure full-time employment in their profession. CareerSeekers is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise, works with the Diversity Council of Australia and the Settlement Council of Australia, and is a member of Social Enterprise Network of Victoria (SENVIC).
Car Free CMB is an initiative by the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to encourage the use of alternative forms of transport and travel. One Sunday per month for a six hour period, the CMC is organizing a car free zone from Independence Square to Viharamahadevi Park. Roads are open for families to walk, cycle, and enjoy food and entertainment. Socially and environmentally responsible stalls are prioritized. The goal is to support a culture shift and promote zero emission transport options and healthy living.
CariGenetics is building genomic capacity in the Caribbean to foster collaboration, drive innovation, ensure health equity, and support biodiversity conservation. Diverse genomic datasets are critical for equitable pharmaceutical development, access to precision medicine, and improved health outcomes, but currently more than 85 percent of the global genomic database is comprised of European ethnicities, and the Caribbean genome is not represented. CariGenetics is creating the first secure genomic database and biobank in and for the Caribbean. This will enable Caribbean people to own and monetize their own data and create new opportunities for local hospitals to provide 21st century patient care. CariGenetics is also conducting biodiversity genomic work to protect Caribbean species and respond to climate change. They are currently producing the first reference genome of the cahow, Bermuda's national bird. CariGenetics is part of the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium. They operate as a social enterprise and reinvest at least half of all profits towards their social and environmental mission.
Carino strives to set an example as a responsible business. They produce premium ice cream, sorbet, sherbet, and frozen yogurt with a focus on natural local ingredients, sustainable sourcing, and biodegradable packaging. They specialize in vegan ice cream options. Carino preferentially hires people from disadvantaged groups and provides skill development and financial support to their workers. They support beach clean-ups and other community initiatives.
Cartel Roasting Co is a specialty coffee roaster that "strives to make the world a better place through their coffee and their relationships." They supply freshly roasted coffee online, wholesale, and through their own cafes in Arizona, California, and Texas. Cartel Roasting Co does not purchase commodity coffee. They directly source single-origin coffees with a focus on quality, transparency, and sustainability. Producers are paid their asking price, and this cost directly determines the retail price for customers. Cartel Roasting Co aims to reduce waste and environmental impact by offering discounts to customers that bring their own cups, making plant-based milk in-house, and transitioning towards compostable bags and cups. They donate 10 percent of sales from their Give Back Blend to local nonprofits. Cartel Roasting Co is a member of Local First Arizona.
Consejo de Asentamientos Sustentables de América Latina (CASA Latina) is a multicultural and inclusive network of communities that practice and promote regenerative lifestyles in harmony with the earth. They organize gatherings and network events, provide training on ecovillage design, nonviolent communication, participatory leadership, sociocracy, and other topics, offer consulting services, and provide scholarships for courses, workshops, and festivals. CASA Latina creates a community of learning and practice for sustainable settlements working on permaculture, zero waste systems, ecological design and construction, and economic alternatives. Network members participate in the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Transition Network, La Red de Semillas Libres, La Red de Reservas Naturales de la Sociedad Civil, and Local Futures. CASA Latina is registered as a not-for-profit organization in Colombia but include members and networks from across Latin America.
Casa Serena creates original artwork that is inspired by nature and rooted in Sri Lankan color and traditional design. The artwork aims to deepen appreciation of the natural environment and contribute to positivity, harmony, and tranquility. Proceeds are used to support cancer patients and their families through Cancer Care Association. Casa Serena also provides design consultation services.
Cascadia Carbon enables individuals, called carbonauts, to join the fight against climate change through carbon-negative climate action and gamified carbon offsetting. Carbonauts purchase and plant live tree seedlings, use a QR code and activation key to tokenize their "NFTree," and earn offsets by tracking its growth and uploading photos over time. They can also purchase tokenized carbon offsets through the CODEX decentralized exchange. Each digital token is backed by a living tree, combining the power of blockchain technology with the tangible benefits of carbon sequestration and conservation. Cascadia Carbon also offers terrestrial surveying solutions to provide accurate, high-resolution data on forest health, biomass, and carbon sequestration potential and forest management services to maximize carbon sequestration and promote biodiversity. Fifty percent of offset sales go to carbonauts. Cascadia Carbon is registered as a public benefit corporation.
Cassinia delivers large-scale landscape projects that protect, restore, and reconnect Australia’s natural systems and enable people and nature to flourish. They provide customized landscape solutions including revegetation, conservation, erosion control, waterway revitalization, invasive pest and weed management, wilderness protection, ecological restoration, and regenerative agriculture. They also research and develop revegetation technologies, supply native grass seed from native grasslands across Victoria, and work with agricultural properties to protect 30 percent of land area. Cassinia Community supports the Banyan Education Fund, A Place Called Home, The Human Dignity Project, Community Reconciliation, and The Social Foundry. Profits are used to support charitable causes and nature restoration projects.
Castruriali works to restore Sicily’s long-abandoned olive trees, safeguard rare cultivars, revitalize local landscapes, and create economic opportunities for the region. They produce small-batch, single-origin extra virgin olive oils in the historic village of Castroreale. Castruriali focuses on soil health, follows sustainable production practices, and cultivates the nearly extinct Castricianella olive variety to preserve it for future generations. They use a portion of their profits to support the people and communities involved in production, invest in research, restore existing olive groves, and plant new trees.
Catalyst 2030 is a global movement of NGOs, social enterprises, intermediaries, funders, and other social change innovators that is mobilizing resources and catalyzing collaboration to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Global Goals were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. Achieving the SDGs in time will require bold transformations and unprecedented innovation. Catalyst 2030 members are self organizing around three pillars: coordinating action and sharing information across sectors and silos; facilitating strong and genuine alliances for systemic change interventions; and optimizing funding to support these interventions. This includes working with philanthropic institutions, development aid agencies, investors, corporate donors and others to unlock capital and fundamentally rethink and redesign the way systems change approaches are being supported. Catalyst 2030 is a not-for-profit initiative driven by the voluntary action of its members.
Catalyst Market is a collaborative initiative developed by members of Catalyst 2030 to accelerate the transition to a regenerative and inclusive economy. In the conventional economic story, the purpose of business is to maximize profits and grow. This has created a race to the bottom that is particularly visible in modern consumer goods and ecommerce. Low prices do not reflect the true social and environmental costs: poverty wages, unsafe working conditions, human rights violations, toxic materials, pollution, ecosystem collapse, climate change, and monopolistic concentration of power. Catalyst Market brings together social enterprises that are cocreating a new economic story and choosing to prioritize people and planet over profit maximization. The focus is on addressing shared challenges, finding synergies in ongoing work, integrating existing services, and collaborating to catalyze systemic change. Catalyst Market operates as a member-driven, not-for-profit initiative within the Catalyst 2030 network.
Catalyst Social Enterprise provides affordable, evidence-based services designed to support and improve emotional health and help people sleep well, live well, and work well. They offer mindfulness sessions, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for insomnia, menopause support, and personal development, cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy for stress and anxiety, and workplace wellbeing programs including reflective practice supervision and action learning facilitation. All sessions are designed to help people develop their skills and resilience and learn strategies to support long-term improved health. Catalyst Social Enterprise is a not-for-profit organization, a School of Social Entrepreneurs Fellow, and a member of Social Enterprise UK. They reinvest all surplus towards their mission.
Catalyst Technology draws on indigenous knowledge and scientific research to create value-added products from locally available raw materials in Nepal. They specialize in affordable green chemistry processes for extracting active compounds from local medicinal aromatic plants (MAPs) and fruit and vegetable waste that can be used in nutraceuticals and natural skincare and in natural preservatives for food and cosmetics. These innovations can reduce food waste and nutritional deficiencies and help develop local skills and livelihoods. Catalyst Technology is committed to strengthening the innovation ecosystem in Nepal. In addition to providing research and development services, they offer mentoring, technical training and workshops, and support with technical documentation, compliance, certification, and intellectual property protection. They share learnings, organize relevant stakeholders, and consult on science, technology, and innovation policy. Catalyst Technology contributes to Udeshya, Karkhana, and other initiatives that increase gender equity in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and leadership roles.
Catapult for Change helps empower leaders and transform organizations to enhance their effectiveness and improve the quality of life for people and the planet. They specialize in executive coaching, executive team development, business transformation support, board governance, and technical consulting related to business for purpose, water, sustainability, and climate. Catapult for Change is registered as a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and contributes to Water For People.
Caveman Redux makes bath bombs from all natural ingredients including traditional medicinal plants like venivel, kokum pothu, valmee, sepalika, aloe vera, neem, jasmine, lime, vetiver, Indian madder, holy basil, sandalwood, red sandalwood, wild turmeric, cluster fig bark, tulip bark, arjun bark, and banyan bark. These herbal skin treatments can be used in a bath tub, a basin, or as a substitute for face wash. Most commercial bath bombs are made with synthetic coloring and ingredients. Caveman Redux has reinvented the product and hopes to make the benefits of these Ayurvedic plants more accessible to people around the world.
Cayambe Lanka brings together traditional knowledge from South America and the abundance of the Sri Lankan hills. Meaning "healer of the future" in Quechua, Cayambe is a restoration initiative on a piece of land in the Beragala hills that had been degraded through forest clearing and agricultural abuse. After more than 6 years of soil development and ecological agriculture practices, Cayambe Lanka has developed a functional sustainable landscape that produces nutritious healthy crops and potent herbs. Cayambe Lanka products include stevia, a sugar-free natural sweetener, andiroba, guarana, acerola jam, ice cream bean, fruits, vegetables, tea, coffee, spices and herbs. They also provide consulting and training on ecological agriculture, analog forestry, and forest garden products.
CBS Yala offers walking safaris, bird identification workshops, camps, and professionally guided tours of Yala, Kataragama, Wedisitikanda, and Sithulpahuwa in southeastern Sri Lanka. Their mission is to help people appreciate bird life and nature and teach them to respect the wilderness and all that is natural. They sponsor the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka ( FOGSL) with free accommodation and location logistics to carry out bird species research. CBS Yala provides bungalows, dormitories, and campsites to suit different budgets.
Ceangail connects community funders and volunteers with creative projects in central Scotland that attract social investment, drive local economic growth, and provide opportunities for young adults to develop employability skills. Their flagship project is the Stirling Highland Games, an annual cultural sporting event that attracts thousands of visitors. Ceangail uses these projects to deliver their Skills Connect program to local young people, inspire them to get engaged in tourism, offer practical work experience, and provide free vocational training. They work with Trees for Life to offset carbon emissions by planting trees in the Scottish Highlands, and they encourage their stakeholders to do the same. Ceangail is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC) and a member of Social Enterprise Scotland and Forth Valley Third Sector Interface (TSI).
Cecil Organic specializes in processing and exporting organic and fair trade certified tropical fruit, coconut, cashew, and spices worldwide. They have been developing a network of small-scale organic farmers in Sri Lanka since 1989 and currently support more than 3,000 farmers through extension services, buy-back agreements, and community development programs. Cecil was acquired in 2003 and now operates under the company name CBL Natural Foods.