Trusted brands using certified ethical and sustainable business practices.
Kiseki specializes in personal care products and accessories that support holistic conscious living and are free of toxins and synthetic additives that are harmful to humans and the environment. They offer menstrual cups that reduce waste and pollution, charcoal masks, face packs, eye and lip balm, hard wax for hair removal, baby wraps, and chakra bracelets. The name Kiseki comes from the Japanese word for miracle.
Kitchen Cosmetics creates natural skin and hair care products and supports charitable causes. Their simple, unisex formulas are vegan, cruelty-free, and locally handcrafted from ethically and sustainably sourced ingredients. They offer a package recycling service in Bristol, which they are working to expand to other areas of the United Kingdom. Kitchen Cosmetics was founded by an ethnic minority woman from a working class background who has experienced homelessness and worked within the prison system. As the company expands, they are committed to inclusive "no box" hiring practices and providing opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Kitchen Cosmetics donates their profits to The KC Causes, a not-for-profit organization they created that collaborates with other local charities, funds and hosts community events, and supports young people and families in need. They are part of Bristol Market Place, a network for local community based brands.
Kite House Café offers affordable food, accommodation, and travel experiences in the Kalpitiya area of northwestern Sri Lanka. The cafe specializes in international recipes made with locally sourced natural ingredients. Kite House hires people from local villages with no prior hospitality experience and either provides or pays for training in English, driving, cooking, management, nature conservation, and environmentally responsible practices. They also organize annual staff trips so the team can experience Sri Lanka's wildlife parks and places of national importance firsthand. As part of their commitment to environmental conservation, Kite House is developing a small forest garden on their land, organizes monthly beach cleaning, and hosts regular environmental programs and games for local school kids.
Kitesurfing Lanka offers accommodation, food, kitesurfing lessons, trips, equipment, and repairs, yoga, massage, kayaking, stand up paddleboarding, diving, and other travel experiences in the Kalpitiya area of northwestern Sri Lanka. Profits are reinvested in environmental protection and community outreach. Kitesurfing Lanka does not sell plastic water bottles or use plastic straws. They organize regular beach cleanups and have partnered with The Carbon Consulting Company to develop an innovative Blue Carbon initiative that enables guests to offset their travel and support mangrove forest restoration. The vision is a "green wall" of mangroves that sequesters carbon and protects against tropical storms, cyclones, and tsunamis. Kitesurfing Lanka also provides interest-free loans to staff, contributes monthly to the local fisheries community, supports primary schools in Kalpitiya, organizes community campaigns on plastic pollution, funds sterilization and vaccination for area street dogs, and participates in local, provincial and national forums on sustainable tourism.
Kithula specializes in pure kithul treacle and jaggery from the buffer zone of the Sinharaja rainforest reserve. Kithul palm syrup is a low glycemic natural sweetener that has been used in ayurvedic medicine for centuries. Kithula sources from a network of small-scale producers in the Baduraliya, Hedigalla, Kalawana, Athwelthota, and Dikhena region. A portion of profits is used to support low income families, women, and youth in the area.
Kithul Wood Designs specializes in unique lamps, light fixtures, housewares, and custom furniture made from kithul wood, kithul flower, and coconut shell.
Kitty's Kits offers simple, natural bread kits and free classes to empower as many people as possible to bake and share good bread. In the United Kingdom, over 80 percent of bread is highly processed, full of preservatives, and may contain up to 24 ingredients. Real bread just has four: flour, water, yeast, and salt. Making good bread is cheap and takes very little time and space, but most people feel intimidated because they don't know how to do it. Kitty's Kits contain all of the pre-weighed ingredients to make no knead, no mess bread. The only steps are to add water, mix, leave overnight for 12 to 18 hours, shape the dough into a loaf, rolls, pizza, flatbreads, or other recipes, bake, and enjoy. Kitty's Kits sources flour locally from Wright's Flour, a six generation mill that started in 1867, and uses their profits for Breaducation, giving free classes and bread kits to schools, prisons, food banks, community groups, and anyone that needs good bread.
Kiyota specializes in Sri Lankan coffee sourced from Kandyan forest gardens. In 2006, Kazuyuki Kiyota, a representative of the Japan Fair Trade Committee, came to Sri Lanka to help develop specialty coffee for the Japanese market. This initiative has now expanded to 17 small-scale farmer groups with nearly 6,000 members in Kegalle, Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, and Badulla. Kiyota pays fair trade premiums, offers advance payments, and helps market farmers' intercropped spices, kithul, and other products. They are the main supplier of roasted and raw specialty coffee to distributors in Sri Lanka, and they export Sri Lankan coffee to Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. Their target is to grow 2.5 million coffee plants in Sri Lanka before 2025 in order to support rural livelihoods, increase foreign exchange, and benefit the environment. Kiyota contributes a percent of all profits to a fund for employees.
Klinik Kenit offers comprehensive services to help children achieve their full potential through health, good nutrition, responsive caregiving, safety and protection, and early learning opportunities. Their services include general medical consultation and treatment for children and adults, minor surgical procedures, vaccinations, nutrition and dietetic services, basic blood tests, health screening, and health education. Their Setiap Kenit program provides developmental screenings, assessments, and subsidized early interventions for at-risk children and refugee families in Malaysia. They also provide a toy library that offers access to a variety of age-appropriate toys and educational materials that support children’s learning and development. Kilinik Kenit integrates research and practice and hosts undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and healthcare and business professionals to promote early childhood development. They are a Government of Malaysia Accredited Social Enterprise.
Knitting Huts works with villagers in the foothills of the Himalayas to produce hand knit clothing and housewares. They follow fair trade practices, sponsor school education for children of eligible knitters, and partner with local charities to provide reliable employment to their target communities. Knitting Huts started by sourcing yarn from conventional suppliers, but they are in the process of transitioning to local wool yarn from sheep and yak herders in the region. They produce affordable baby clothing, table coasters, and other products for the local market.
Knitty Gritty by Limon produces crochet clothing, accessories, housewares, and toys, creates rural livelihood opportunities, and empowers women. They offer crochet training programs and workshops for women from disadvantaged backgrounds, support them to develop their own brands, and employ them to create dresses, skirts, beachwear, children's clothing, handbags, and other unique handmade products. Knitty Gritty by Limon uses cotton yarn and surplus materials from local garment factories. They support mental health and wellbeing by donating to rural meditation camps and teaching crochet to people struggling with stress and depression.
KnK Peppers specializes in value-added chili products that create livelihood opportunities for people in Kenya. They are developing a chili pepper center of excellence at Utonga Pepper Estate, their nucleus farm next to Lake Victoria. KnK Peppers produces indigenous and locally researched varieties of chili pepper seed, works with a network of small-scale local farmers as outgrowers, processes the harvest under international food safety standards, and markets products under their Apilo brand. Products include dried chili, chili powder, and natural chili rubs, purees, pastes, sauces, jams, chutneys, honey, and oils. The center provides training opportunities, housing, water, and electricity for staff. Poverty, early marriage, forced labor, and gender based violence are prevalent in Utonga district. KnK Peppers supports local education institutions to help ensure all children in the area have access to a bright and productive future.
Knowable Me addresses the lack of available data and insights on the needs and preferences of people with disability and helps businesses be more inclusive, have greater empathy, and create more value. They offer opportunities for people with disabilities and their support networks to participate in surveys, user experience testing, product reviews, mystery shopping, and other inclusive research projects to help create more accessible and inclusive products, services, and environments. Knowable Me hosts a podcast that explores the unique experiences of individuals with disabilities interacting with everyday products and services. They support employees with disabilities with modified computers, keyboards, software, adjustable furniture, and flexible schedules, provide above-standard wages, adhere to web content accessibility guidelines, and offer inclusive information formats as needed, including audio, large-print, and braille. Knowable Me donates time, services, and financial resources to Remarkable.org, Accessible Prints, and other disability-owned businesses.
Know You More combines a global community of professionally accredited coaches and an innovative platform to help everyone reach their full potential in the workplace. They help organizations develop and scale a lasting coaching culture aligned with their strategic goals, and they create space for individuals and groups to develop skills, make confident career transitions, and improve performance and wellbeing. Know You More offers direct one-to-one, group, and team coaching and provides certified training programs to develop internal coaching and leadership skills. Their platform provides end-to-end hosting, matching support, and continuous professional development for all internal coaches. Know You More gives back by providing free services for 18 to 25 year olds from all backgrounds. Their social reinvestment initiatives, Level Up and Build Up, help young adults get the clarity they need to identify and understand what matters to them, connect to their sense of purpose, and find the confidence and self-belief needed to take action. Know You More is a member of Social Enterprise Scotland and is registered as a Community Interest Company.
Knuckles Farmers is a group of small-scale farmers in the Lakgala area that is committed to protecting biodiversity, maintaining healthy soil, and not using synthetic agrichemicals. This region is near the Knuckles mountain range, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is part of Zone F of the Mahaweli irrigation system. The government declared Zone F as an organic zone, but did not provide seeds, inputs, or technical support to help farmers transition to organic practices. The Knuckles Farmers came together to cultivate heirloom rice varieties like madathawalu, kuruluthuda, pachchaperumal, suwandel, and nadu organically. An initial group of 34 farmers is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Knuckles Forest Garden Dankanda aims to provide organically grown food at affordable prices, restore natural ecosystems, provide economic pathways for local women, and create opportunities for people to enjoy and value nature. In 2022, they assumed responsibility for a 104-acre land that had been abandoned for more than 15 years. They have invested in soil development and sloping agricultural land technology (SALT) including contour terracing, drainage systems, vetiver grass planting, mana grass and paddy straw mulching, compost production, and green manure application. Knuckles Forest Garden Dankanda is working to create a model farm that is free from synthetic agrichemicals and produces fruit, vegetables, rice, and other crops in harmony with the local environment. They are also developing accommodation facilities to support agricultural ecotourism. Knuckles Forest Garden Dankanda offers free English courses and nature appreciation programs for local village children.
knus, which means hug in Danish, provides free and confidential mental health peer support and coaching throughout the United Kingdom for anyone over 18. They work with a network of more than 160 trained and experienced peer support volunteers and provide services through popular chat apps, their website, or telephone. They do not provide medical diagnosis, treatment, or therapies. The focus is on mental health tips and strengths-based conversations that draw on the lived experiences and qualifications of the peer support coaches. knus also offers an accredited course on overcoming anxiety, mental health educational plans, relaxation experiences, and live workshops. They are registered as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) and operate through voluntary action and community donations. knus is a member of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and Social Enterprise UK.
KOCA is a sustainable fashion brand based in Singapore and Sri Lanka that focuses on upcycled materials, women's empowerment, fair trade manufacturing, and supporting small businesses. They specialize in recycling pre-loved garments and fabric offcuts from apparel factories into unique statement pieces and occasionwear. KOCA uses their platform to support disadvantaged women who have difficulty sustaining themselves and their families. Twenty percent of profits are allocated for women and children in need.
Kocoplay produces environmentally responsible handmade pet products that benefit rural communities in Sri Lanka. Their affordable chew toys and enrichment toys are made from natural coconut fiber, support pet health and dental care, and provide an alternative to plastic, rubber, and other synthetic raw materials. Kocoplay has a central warehouse and packing center in rural Chilaw. They supply locally sourced coir to households in multiple nearby villages, collect finished products, and settle payments on a weekly basis. Villagers are able to work from home at their own pace. The warehouse coordinates quality control, labeling, packing, export, and local distribution. Kocoplay has connected these communities with local and international foundations and has coordinated support for families in need. They donate a percentage of sales from local popup events to animal rescue charities.
KOGA accelerates development by supporting impactful startups and businesses. They are helping create an ecosystem for social entrepreneurship and sustainable economic development in Paraguay through hackathons, incubators, accelerators, coworking spaces, consultancy services, training, workshops, and Gramo talks. Koga works with enterprises to identify their needs, design customized solutions and action plans, and connect with networks of mentors, investors, and ambassadors across the country. They offer special prices and discounts for low-income groups and donate 10 percent of profits to organizations that are committed to social impact. KOGA was the first certified B Corp in Paraguay. They are part of local B Corps networks, entrepreneur networks, and impact networks.