Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
Gi's Kitchen specializes in dishes made from Sri Lankan crab and other locally sourced, natural ingredients. They work with the National Aquaculture Development Authority (NAQDA) to promote sustainable fishing techniques and contribute two percent of revenue to support fishermen and their families. Compostable and recyclable packaging is prioritized and discounts are offered for people from disadvantaged communities. Gi's Kitchen is part of the #MeForYou Movement.
Gitzell FairTrade supplies fair trade baskets and housewares to improve the livelihoods of families in Africa. They focus on wholesale distribution of handwoven sisal bags, shopping totes, bowls, storage containers, mats, wall hangings, and other home decor to retailers in the United States and Canada. Products are made from sustainably sourced natural fibers and priced to fit all income levels. Gitzell FairTrade launched Project Goldfinger to support rural women in the founders' hometown of Ngorano, Kenya. They assist with community projects and provide seeds and training to improve crop production. Gitzell FairTrade is a Fair Trade Federation Verified member and a member of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA).
GiveMeTap was started to make clean drinking water available to everyone. When people purchase a GiveMeTap reusable bottle, it gives them access to a network of shops, cafes, bars, and fountains that offer free water refills. This not only reduces plastic waste and protects oceans and landfills, it also provides clean drinking water to others. Twenty percent of all bottle sales are used to fund community water projects in Africa. GiveMeTap works with experienced local partners and has supported drinking water projects in Ghana, Malawi, and Namibia. Their co-branding service makes it easy for companies and events to reduce waste and multiply their impact. GiveMeTap is a member of Social Enterprise UK.
Give & Tea supplies ethically sourced teas in plastic-free packaging and uses all profits to uplift communities in East Africa. They offer loose leaf and bagged breakfast tea, Earl Grey, green tea, decaffeinated tea, peppermint, and chamomile in home compostable packaging. Give & Tea sources from tea farms and cooperatives with ethical business practices and respect for the environment. They donate all surplus to their partner organizations in Kenya and Tanzania and fund projects that enhance education, provide food and clean water, improve healthcare, and promote sustainability in the region. Give & Tea is a Community Interest Company (CIC).
Givvable helps companies automate supplier vetting, manage complex supplier sustainability data, and make business decisions with impact. Their platform uses powerful artificial intelligence (AI) and data models to search, screen, and track verified sustainability actions, attributes and credentials of suppliers. This makes it easier for companies to monitor environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements, track climate action, improve supplier diversity, source ethically and sustainably, and support social procurement. Revenue from clients is used to provide free tools and services to help suppliers increase their visibility and improve their sustainability profiles. Givvable is a United Nations Global Compact participant and a member of the TaskForce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Social Enterprise Council of NSW and ACT (SECNA).
Grow It Yourself (GIY) aims to educate and enable a global movement of food growers whose collective actions will help to rebuild a sustainable food system. Their GROW HQ base in Waterford City, Ireland includes an organic garden, cookery school, retail shop, and zero waste cafe serving local, organic, seasonal food. They host tours, events, and in-person courses, serve as a collection point for organic vegetable boxes and free range eggs, and sell GROWBox starter kits, books, seeds, and other supplies online. GIY reaches a global audience through their television series, podcasts, online courses, partnerships, programs, and campaigns. They are part of Ashoka, Catalyst 2030, Bioregional Weaving Lab Collective, Beans is How, Chef's Manifesto, and the Irish Environmental Network. GIY is a not-for-profit organization and reinvests all surplus towards their mission.
GJ Organic Farm grows dry zone vegetables in northeastern Sri Lanka. They save their own seeds and produce their own compost and organic inputs from locally available materials. GJ Organic Farm is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Glad secures education, meaningful employment, and freedom of expression for people in Denmark with cognitive disabilities. They believe that people with different backgrounds are an asset that can make the society we live in richer, happier and more inspiring. Glad started in 1999 with the world's first television station for and with the developmentally disabled and now offers media, design, education, employment, catering, cleaning, and facility services and a theater and zoo through branches in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Aabenraa, Vejen and Ringsted. In addition to providing direct opportunities through their own social economy companies, they partner with job centers, muncipalities, and corporations to create a more inclusive labor market in Denmark. Glad is registered as a not-for-profit commercial foundation and is part of Sociale Entreprenører i Danmark.
Global Café creates opportunities for immigrant and refugee food entrepreneurs to sell dishes from their home countries and makes international cuisine affordable and accessible in Memphis, Tennessee. They offer event catering and serve lunch, dinner, desserts, drinks, and Sunday brunch in the Crosstown Concourse, a LEED Platinum certified building. Everything is freshly made in-house using a profit-sharing model that enables immigrants and refugees to set up food businesses with no upfront costs. Global Café provides wraparound support including free English lessons, free shoes for back-of-house staff, and free meals for employees. They also contribute to the Newcomer International Center high school and the Opportunity Scholars program at the University of Memphis and provide free food to community organizations. Global Café is part of REDF, World Relief, Refugee Empowerment Program, Inner City Capital Connections, and SBA Thrive.
The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is a growing movement of regenerative communities that are building bridges of international solidarity. An ecovillage is an intentional, traditional or urban community that is using whole system design principles, innovative solutions, and participatory processes to transition to low-impact, high-quality lifestyles. The Global Ecovillage Network is made up of thousands of communities and related initiatives where people are choosing to live together in greater social and ecological harmony. It includes local, national, and regional networks—GENOA, GEN Africa, CASA Latina, GEN Europe, and GENNA—and a global ecovillage youth network called NextGEN. The network increases the visibility of the movement, provides a support system, facilitates knowledge and resource sharing, increases collaboration, and helps catalyze the transition to a regenerative, resilient, and peaceful future.
Global Ecovillage Network Africa is working towards the re-emergence of a sustainable and abundant Africa growing out of an alliance of self-empowered and resilient communities. As a solution-based network, GEN Africa increases the visibility of best practices, shares education tools and resources, and supports the work communities are doing to transition to energy autonomy, reforestation, ecosystem conservation, regenerative water cycles, healthy soils, organic and permaculture systems, natural building materials, zero waste, fair trade, ethical business, and other sustainable practices. They draw on Africa's cultural heritage and engage indigenous initiatives and traditional village networks into the global ecovillage movement. GEN Africa is registered as a not-for-profit organization in Senegal but include members and networks from across the continent.
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Bharat catalyzes communities for a regenerative India. They connect, educate, support, and create ecovillages and projects that expedite the shift to sustainable, responsible, and resilient lifestyles. Their ReGENerative Travel Caravan is developing a self-sustaining economic model for regenerative travel in India. Each caravan includes a curated group of people from diverse backgrounds who travel together by public transport or electric bus and visit ecovillages and grassroots community projects across the country. GEN Bharat hosts the Inner Development Goals (IDG) India network and is part of the Global Ecovillage Network. They are registered as a Section 8 company and reinvest all surplus towards their mission.
Global Ecovillage Network Oceania & Asia (GENOA) is a network of networks that brings together communities, organisations and individuals who are striving to live sustainable low-impact lifestyles. Within GENOA, ecovillage refers to intentional communities, indigenous and traditional villages, spiritual communities, and urban neighborhood communities. GENOA supports learning and exchange through articles, videos, an online directory, training, consultancies, convergences, and bridging resources. They have developed ecovillage education materials specific to the Asia and Oceania region. GENOA follows sociocracy principles for governance and decision making. They promote gift culture and offer sliding scale rates so that lower income groups are able to participate in trainings, workshops, and events.
Global Goods Partners was founded in 2005 to connect women artisans around the world with an international market for their fair trade, handmade products. They focus on marginalized and largely rural groups with small production capacities that are often just starting to bring product to market. All of their artisan partners follow fair trade principles including operating safe and healthy workplaces, promoting environmental sustainability, paying each artisan a fair living wage, and investing in community development. Their housewares, accessories, toys, and felted wool flowers are available online and in retail stores throughout the United States. Each year, Global Goods Partners offers their suppliers small financial grants to purchase new equipment, upgrade their facilities, or support member artisans, their families, and their communities. They also provide products on consignment to local organizations for fundraising activities. Global Goods Partners is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and is a member of Fair Trade Federation.
Global Learning for Sustainability helps ensure young women and girls in Uganda have opportunities to acquire global skills, learn from one another, and work together for individual, community, and global change. They provide leadership and advocacy training programs for girls and young women, support community-led childcare services, and facilitate the formation of Free Girls clubs for economic empowerment. The clubs have developed savings and loan programs, improved access to financial services, and started income-generating activities. Global Learning for Sustainability is registered as a not-for-profit organization. All profits are reinvested towards their mission.
Global Mamas produces fair trade apparel, housewares, and other handmade products in Ghana to create prosperity for African women and their families. They specialize in clothing and housewares made with hand batiked organic cotton, jewelry and ornaments made from recycled glass beads, lotions and soaps made from local shea butter, and natural paper and handwoven products made from invasive water hyacinths. The Global Mamas network pays living wages, provides steady work and safe working conditions, and supports personal and professional growth through training and workshops on topics like financial management, computer literacy, creative design, marketing, fair trade principles, and health and wellness. They are a World Fair Trade Organization guaranteed member and a Fair Trade Federation verified member. Global Mamas is registered as a not-for-profit organization in Ghana and the United States and reinvests all surplus towards their purpose.
Global Talent Pathway creates skilled migration opportunities for refugees and displaced individuals by guiding them into the workforce through pathways that recognize their talents and qualifications. They offer a comprehensive talent catalog for refugees to register and showcase their skills, educational background, and work experiences and for employers to find talent and fill workforce gaps. They assist employers with remote recruitment, skilled visa processes, and post-arrival check-ins. Global Talent Pathway provides language learning and skills development programs for refugees and works with local governments, charities, and resettlement organizations to provide housing assistance, cultural orientation, and social support services to make the migration journey smoother. They contribute 30 percent of their profits to refugee resettlement programs.
GLOBE Family of Royal College is a student club that started in 1998 with a focus on environmental research activities and sustainable development. They are part of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program, an international science and education initiative that enables students and citizens worldwide to participate in data collection and the scientific process and contribute meaningfully to understanding the Earth and its ecosystems. The program promotes scientific discovery, increases environmental literacy and stewardship, and builds connections between people who are passionate about the environment. GLOBE Family of Royal College develops projects, collaborates with other clubs and environmental initiatives in Sri Lanka, and shares data with other groups around the world.
Glow Up Careers empowers everyone to have the career of their dreams, no matter who they are or where they are from. They offer affordable career coaching services to individuals preparing for the future, actively on the job market, or looking to grow in their current organization. For companies, government agencies, and other employers, they offer professional development and leadership accreditation, outplacement and transition services, reskilling and upskilling programs, customized workshops, and support to integrate diversity and inclusion into hiring practices. Glow Up Careers works through a diverse network of accredited career coaches including people who are disabled, multicultural, and multilingual. They partner with community organizations and charities to provide pro bono coaching to refugees, new migrants, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Gnadaa is a voluntary organization developed by women in Japan to provide livelihood opportunities for war-affected women in Sri Lanka. They developed a sewing center in Trincomalee which provides training and market linkages for women in the area. Most of the clothing and accessories produced in the center are sold in Japan. The name Gnadaa comes from the Tamil word for walking and represents women in Japan and women in Sri Lanka standing on their own feet and walking together for a more beautiful and equal world.