Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
Cane Couture was started to empower rural communities and local creatives, inspire conscious consumption, and support traditional crafts through innovative design. They work with Sri Lankan artisans to produce handbags, wallets, belts, and jewelry from natural cane, cotton handloom fabric, handmade beeralu lace, and leather offcuts. Cane Couture is committed to waste reduction and extends product life by offering repair and maintenance services. A portion of profits are used to provide financial assistance to artisans and to distribute food, clothing, and education materials to people in need in rural areas.
Canopy Bridge is an online directory and sourcing network for businesses, producer associations, and community groups that buy and sell natural, sustainably sourced, wild harvested products and contribute to improved livelihoods, social empowerment, and healthy ecosystems. Their mission is help these businesses and individuals thrive by making discovery and relationship building easy and transparent. The directory provides a free way for potential partners to connect and start conversations about direct trade opportunities. Canopy Bridge also provides customized information and sourcing services and has developed relationships with leading chefs, restaurants, culinary schools, hotels, and specialty food markets. Popular products include coffee, cocoa, copaiba oil, quinoa, kapok, shea butter, Brazil nuts, sacha inchi, and macambo.
Canvin and Catchpole is a family farm in Bedfordshire that delivers directly to consumers and is committed to biodiversity and responsible practices. They have planted more than 4,000 trees since 2020, and their animals roam freely on 100 acres of native woodland. The family opened a butcher shop a few miles from the farm in 1835 and draws on four generations of traditional practices. They produce limited quantities of grass-fed beef, pork and venison sausages, and honey. Products are minimally processed with no bulking agents, artificial preservatives, or other additives. Hampers are shipped with natural Woolcool insulation and a carbon neutral shipping service. Canvin and Catchpole donates to charities that tackle food poverty in the United Kingdom. Christmas period sales support Meals from Marlow.
Cape Commons provides a community-focused coworking, meeting, and event space in the seaside village of Cape Paterson, Victoria. They offer flexible desk hire for local business owners, freelancers, consultants, creatives, and entrepreneurs and host community events. Cape Commons prioritizes second-hand furnishings, sources from local suppliers and sustainable brands, promotes recycling and reuse, and avoids single-use plastics. They offer discounted services to not-for-profits and donate to local community organizations.
CAP Green is a sustainable agriculture technology and farming company that is committed to organic techniques, gender equality, and social responsibility. They directly cultivate land in Uva Province and provide support services to local communities including training and extension, seed and input supply, soil and crop testing, transport, and marketing. CAP Green also provides health services to workers and their families and sponsors local events. Current products include Bibile sweet oranges, soursop, and heirloom rice varieties like suwandel and kalu heenati.
Capital Homecare Cooperative is a worker-owned community of justly paid professionals providing compassionate care to seniors and people with disabilities in Olympia, Washington. Their certified nursing assistants and home care aids offer non-medical in-home support services including personal care and hygiene assistance, medication reminders, errands, transportation, meal planning and preparation, household chores, companionship, recreational activities, and more. The cooperative model cuts standard turnover rates in half, enabling caregivers to forge meaningful, long-term relationships with their clients. Capital Homecare Cooperative is part of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Democracy at Work Institute, Cooperative Development Foundation, ICA Group, Northwest Cooperative Development Institute, Washington State Homecare Cooperatives, Elevate Cooperative, CoSound Cooperative, and Senior Action Network of Thurston County.
Cara Collective engages job seekers, employers, and other organizations to break the cycle of poverty in the United States through the power and purpose of employment. They began in 1991 with a workforce readiness program in Chicago and now have four entities and a nationwide network. Cara provides a pathway out of poverty for motivated job seekers through personal and professional training, job placement, support services, and resources. Cleanslate creates transitional jobs and provides communities with environmentally responsible litter abatement, snow removal, landscaping, and exterior maintenance services. Cara Connects sources quality job candidates to fill critical entry-level and temporary positions at Chicago-area companies. Cara Plus engages with nonprofits and employers across the United States to expand workforce development solutions and integrate diverse, inclusive workforce practices. Cara Collective is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and reinvests all surplus towards their mission.
Care2Rock offers one-on-one online music lessons through an award-winning video conference platform designed for learning music. For students, Care2Rock is an easy, affordable way to access vetted music teachers and learn music from anywhere. For music teachers, it's an opportunity to connect with students nationwide and support young people in need. Every lesson purchased through the Care2Rock platform helps provide free instruments and consistent music mentorship to children in foster care throughout the United States. The platform was started by a former juvenile prosecutor who saw many young people going through the system without community support. In 2009, she started Kids in a New Groove (KING), an Austin-based nonprofit, to enrich the lives of children in the foster care system through music. The program had a 100 percent high school graduation rate for youth in care over a 10 year period, compared to the national average of 50 percent. After seeing how music lessons gave consistency and joy to hundreds of kids in foster care and helped them enter into adulthood with a set of learned skills and a sense of self-worth, she started Care2Rock to expand the program's impact. The online platform enables youth in foster care to continue with their lessons even when they move, which can happen up to 6 times a year. Care2Rock is a member of the Social Enterprise Alliance.
Care City is an innovation center for healthy aging in Barking that supports people across North East London to live happier, healthier lives. They specialize in innovation research, design, testing, project management, consulting, and workforce development training. Care City works with local organizations and health and care partners to develop solutions to local challenges and spread innovations that work. One of their innovation projects helps people living with dementia retain independence by attaching a simple tablet to a walker. The Dorothy app creates a digital yellow brick road that can be used to navigate around care homes and dementia-friendly community spaces. Care City was founded by the North East London National Health Service Foundation Trust (NELFT) and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and is registered as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC).
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.
Cascadia Deaf Nation promotes community wellness within Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) deaf communities and models change through shared accountability, mindfulness, community stewardship, and communication equity. They provide education, training, consulting, and other capacity-building services. They also offer community engagement, job placement, and aftercare support for BIPOC deaf individuals transitioning from case management, domestic violence services, and other programs. Cascadia Deaf Nation provides American Sign Language interpreters and is committed to accessibility. They are a Washington state certified Minority Business Enterprise and a member of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.
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.