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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Daily Dump uses design to reduce waste, improve material recovery, enable better livelihoods, change mindsets and behavior, and inspire voluntary collective action. They make it easier for people to reduce their household waste and produce high quality compost by offering home and community composters, composting accessories, demos, workshops, visits, and learning materials, and a collection of zero waste products. Daily Dump shares designs under a Creative Commons license. Their signature range of terracotta composters are made by traditional potter communities and are available in Bangalore and through licensed partners in other regions. Recyclable plastic composters, compost accessories, and zero waste products can be shipped throughout India. Daily Dump supports the Waste Pickers Alliance and donates compost to farmers. They are part of Catalyst 2030, Women Transforming India, Schwab Social Entrepreneurs, and other networks.
Graham, North Carolina, United States
Benevolence Farm provides safe and secure housing, transitional living wage employment, wraparound services, and healing opportunities for women leaving North Carolina prisons. Residents develop skills in sustainable farming, marketing, finance, customer service, culinary arts, hospitality, and entrepreneurship in a farm environment that fosters improved physical, spiritual, and financial health. Benevolence Farm sells fresh produce, flowers, herbs, eggs, handmade soy wax candles, and natural body care infused with ingredients from the farm. All proceeds are reinvested to support formerly incarcerated women. Benevolence Farm is a member of Social Enterprise Alliance and partners with other organizations working for structural change in the criminal legal system.
Malkerns, Eswatini
Gone Rural was founded in 1992 to economically empower rural women in Eswatini through handwoven basketry, a traditional craft that is passed from mother to daughter. They provide materials, training, product design support, and market access. Gone Rural now works with hundreds of women in remote communities and is recognized globally for their natural fiber baskets, bowls, trays, tableware, wall art, lighting, floor mats, and other contemporary housewares. Products are made from indigenous lutindzi grass and invasive sisal. Materials are sustainably harvested according to traditional customs, carefully dyed in their Malkerns workshop, and distributed to their network of community groups for production. Gone Rural’s enterprise model enables the women to earn an income weaving from their homes while still taking care of daily household tasks, childcare, and farming. They support community development projects through donations to their sister nonprofit, BoMake Rural Projects. Gone Rural is a guaranteed member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
kanthari offers a 12-month, scholarship-based leadership training program that equips changemakers who have overcome adversity with the tools and skills required to start and sustain their own social or environmental initiatives. They welcome participants from around the world including people who have little to no formal education or are blind, visually impaired, or physically disabled. Their immersive, hands-on program combines seven months of on-campus training and five months of mentorship. The campus is in Trivandrum, Kerala on the banks of Vellayani Lake and is recognized for its natural building techniques, accessibility, and environmental responsibility. kanthari uses solar electricity, plants native species, and actively cleans the lake and removes invasive plants. Graduates have started organizations working on environmental protection, food security, waste, water management, peace building, women’s empowerment, disability, alternative education, and many other topics and have formed the kanthari network of change and knowledge (knock).
www.goodmarket.global/kanthari
Queen Creek, Arizona, United States
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Villages Calgary has been supplying fair trade products from their Calgary store since 1984. They source housewares, clothing, accessories, toys, pet supplies, food, and more from fair trade artisans and producer groups in more than 40 countries and sell them through their retail outlet and online. Each purchase creates sustainable livelihoods and supports marginalized communities. Villages Calgary raises awareness about fair trade and actively engages their local community through public events and volunteer opportunities. The store is owned and operated by Global Village Crafts Society, a volunteer-run not-for-profit organization, and all surplus is reinvested towards their mission. Every year, they donate a percentage of profits to organizations that are environmentally conscious, support fair trade, and benefit marginalized communities. Villages Calgary is a member of Fair Trade Federation.
Mérida, Mexico
Cielo Hammocks aims to alleviate poverty and promote gender equality in native Mayan communities in the Yucatán peninsula through the manufacture and distribution of traditional handwoven hammocks and hammock chairs. Ninety percent of weavers in the Cielo network are women. Illiteracy rates are high in the region, and many artisans only speak Mayan, which makes it difficult for them to promote the hammocks on their own. Cielo reduces economic barriers and risk by supplying raw materials, organizing transportation, handling sales, providing fair trade wages, and enabling weavers to work from home on their own schedules. The completed hammocks are collected, quality inspected, and shipped worldwide. Five percent of profits are donated to Cielo Communities Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, for education and healthcare projects in artisans’ communities. Cielo Hammocks is a certified B Corporation and a member of Fair Trade Federation.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ecowings creates durable, vegan bags and accessories that protect people, animals, and the environment. They work with artisans around Indore to remove discarded truck tire inner tubes from the waste stream and upcycle them into laptop bags, backpacks, handbags, wallets, belts, and other functional products with recycled PET lining and straps and handles made from upcycled seatbelts. Ecowings provides fair wages and a safe and comfortable working environment. Their website is green-hosted by The Green Web Foundation, and they work with CO₂OK to offset shipping emissions through Atmosfair and Fair Climate Fund. Ecowings has PETA Approved Vegan certification and is a member of Social Enterprise NL.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
MAYO Designs offers web design and marketing solutions for organizations that share their passion for making the world a better place. They focus on maximizing results and minimizing waste. Services include brand positioning, content strategy, web design, development, hosting, and maintenance, data-driven marketing, and sustainability consulting. MAYO Designs is a certified B Corporation and a member of 1% for the Planet and New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility (NHBSR).
Uska Khurd, Uttar Pradesh, India
DigiSwasthya Foundation leverages technology to make healthcare services affordable and accessible for rural communities across India. They operate safe and hygienic telemedicine centers in rural areas, organize teleconsultations with doctors from Tier 1 hospitals, and provide referral pathways for patients. Their onsite patient navigators measure vitals using digital devices, share them with the doctors, facilitate consultations through the telemedicine platform, generate an electronic medical record, print prescriptions, and translate instructions if needed. The DigiSwasthya network of healthcare professionals includes doctors across all specializations and languages. They connect patients with pro bono or subsidized healthcare services, diagnostic labs, and pharmacies. The DigiSwasthya team offers weekly webinars and goes village to village to organize awareness camps and educate people about how to access affordable services through the telemedicine centers. DigiSwasthya Foundation is part of Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, Augnito, Empower Pragati, and Spreading Smiles of Joy. They are registered as a Section 8 not-for-profit organization and reinvest all surplus towards their social mission.
Fort Portal, Uganda
African Continental Crafts aims to improve market access for underserved African artisans through design innovation, product development, sustainable sourcing, and digital marketing solutions. It was created by Engabu Za Tooro, a Ugandan not-for-profit organization that has been working on cultural heritage preservation and livelihood development since 2000. African Continental Crafts mobilizes skilled master artisans and opens opportunities with international wholesalers, trade shows, and online marketing platforms. They use 10 percent of profits to train underserved artisans in design, product development, and business skills. Engabu Za Tooro is part of Catalyst 2030 and is recognized by UNESCO and WIPO for their work on cultural heritage and traditional knowledge.
Kistapur, Telangana, India
Waste Ventures India works with informal waste pickers and bulk waste generators like corporations, office parks, residential communities, and educational institutions to divert waste from landfills and create inclusive, decentralized, holistic solutions to India’s waste management problems. For dry waste, they offer collection services, training programs on segregation, verification that dry waste reaches authorized recyclers, and comprehensive reporting. For organic waste, they offer onsite and offsite composting systems. For brands with plastic packaging waste, they assist with extended producer responsibility (EPR) take-back programs, plastic offsets, waste audits, certifications, communication toolkits, and government reporting. Waste Ventures India improves incomes and living standards for waste pickers through standardized prices, upfront payments, and the consistent purchase of plastic waste. They raise awareness through consulting services, zero waste events, field trips, and workshops. Waste Ventures India partners with Yunus Social Business.
Berlin, Germany
Theyo aims to change public understanding of chocolate and enable mindful and conscious enjoyment based on transparent origins, fairness, sustainability, quality, and craftsmanship. They offer digital team events that include a Theyo chocolate box, tasting materials, and a virtual workshop with their chocolate experts. Theyo also maintains a curated selection of cocoa beans, drinking chocolate, and bean-to-bar chocolates that are socially and ecologically fair, sustainably produced, and have a positive effect on local people. Instead of relying on common third-party certifications and seals, they have developed the Theyo Codex which is based on high social and environmental standards and transparency at all levels. They package and fill orders in partnership with Kaspar Hauser Stiftung, a local nonprofit that creates employment opportunities for people with assistance needs. Theyo is a member of Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland (SEND).
New Delhi, India
Soulful Safaris cocreates sustainable, transformational, and cultural travel experiences in India that focus on the wellbeing of the planet, the wellbeing of communities, and the wellbeing of self. They curate and manage experiences for tour operators, travel designers, philanthropic foundations, and individuals that contribute to positive impact in the host destinations. Soulful Safaris follows sustainable travel principles developed by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council and The Long Run. They prioritize hotels that use renewable energy and have waste management and water conservation systems, and they ensure all suppliers and service providers are fairly paid. Soulful Safaris offers free heritage walks through ICOMOS India to raise awareness of cultural heritage sites. They are part of Women Travel Leaders, Transformational Travel Council, The Conscious Travel Foundation, and The Adventure Travel Trade Association.
Kisumu, Kenya
TEMAK started in 1992 as the Teenage Mothers and Girls Development Group to economically empower teenage mothers and girls and break the cycle of teen pregnancy and HIV infection in western Kenya. They provide vocational and technical training, school fees for continuing education, health services, and holistic social support. The TEMAK Technical Training Institute offers training in computer literacy, web development, food service, hospitality, hairdressing, tailoring, weaving, construction, and other high-demand subjects and provides safe accommodation, stipends, lunch, and insurance to participants. They help graduates access employment opportunities or support for their own businesses. TEMAK also markets handmade housewares, bags, jewelry, toys, and other products made by program participants. All funds are reinvested in the community. TEMAK supports orphans, widows, community water projects, and rural schools and organizes regular environmental cleanups. They are registered with the government as a not-for-profit community organization.
Damascus, Syria
Rania Kinge Made by Women aims to improve the livelihoods of internally displaced, conflict affected women in Syria by training them to produce handmade bags, jewelry, and accessories, providing materials, and selling the finished products. They work in areas with no access to banking facilities, electricity, or fuel and adapt designs based on the women’s experience, location, and context. The initiative enables participating women to sustain themselves and their families, provides a sense of purpose and hope, and helps preserve Syrian cultural heritage and identity.
Timnath, Colorado, United States
Alternatives Global Marketplace sells ethically sourced handmade housewares, clothing, and accessories from around the world to support artisans, connect cultures, and increase appreciation for global art traditions. They build partnerships with artisans, cooperatives, and fair trade organizations worldwide and provide an alternative to fast fashion, mass-produced products, and poor working conditions. Alternatives Global Marketplace is committed to equitable living wages, transparency, environmental responsibility, and a culture of mutual respect. They are a member of Fair Trade Federation.
Glynde, South Australia, Australia
Kimchi Club makes healthy Korean food for Australians, supports local organic farmers, and creates job opportunities for migrant women. They offer vegan, gluten-free kimchi, bulgogi sauces, and wild-fermented sauces that are rich in prebiotics and probiotics. Products are handmade in small batches from local, certified organic produce. Kimchi Club provides safe and empowering work for migrant women who may otherwise struggle to find employment opportunities due to language barriers, lack of networks, and low confidence. They donate more than one percent of revenue to purpose-driven not-for-profit organizations. Kimchi Club is NASAA Certified Organic, a Coralus Venture, and a member of 1% for the Planet.
Bandirippuwa, Sri Lanka
Pearl Garden Mills was started to revive Sri Lanka’s traditional agricultural heritage and bring premium organic heirloom rice to the world. The mill is Sri Lanka’s first export-grade organic heirloom rice mill and is operated in partnership with traditional organic and fair trade certified rice growers. Heirloom rice varieties are better adapted to Sri Lanka’s climate and soil conditions, more resilient to drought and climate change, and thrive under regenerative farming practices. They do not require imported petrochemical fertilizers or synthetic herbicides like glyphosate. Pearl Garden Mills is committed to empowering organic growers, respecting workers’ rights, and maintaining environmental best practices. They are certified according to USDA Organic standards.
Panavally, Kerala, India
Grama is a brand developed by EarthCare to support village communities through the production and sale of handcrafted natural products for better living. They started by creating direct employment opportunities in their own community of Poochackal in Kerala and now source from a network of women’s self-help groups, cooperatives, and local entrepreneurs. The Grama brand includes a full range of natural herbal soaps and household cleaners, coconut fiber dish scrubs, upcycled wood soap dishes, and handloom cotton towels. EarthCare is committed to empowering local women, providing fair wages and safe working conditions, giving back to village communities, and raising awareness about natural products and sustainable living. They created a book bank to provide free notebooks and pencils to village children. EarthCare is part of Women on Wings.
Sylvan Lake, Michigan, United States
Thumbprint Artifacts partners with artisan companies in South Africa to make their unique fair trade housewares available in the United States. They are known for their hand-painted candles and ceramics, soy wax aromatherapy candles, and animals made from recycled wire, tin, and beads. Each purchase supports sustainable employment, which enables the artisans—many of whom are single mothers—to care for their families and contribute to their communities. Thumbprint Artifacts recycles packing materials, donates to reforestation projects through Grow Ahead, and volunteers at The Greening of Detroit. They are a member of Fair Trade Federation.
Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
All to the People supports social business entrepreneurs working in underprivileged communities. They raise awareness about social business, provide financing and free services, and connect changemakers with talent, skill sharing spaces, free business resources, and mentoring opportunities. All to the People partners with mission-aligned groups and is starting a course and community business center for female entrepreneurs in Oaxaca, Mexico. They operate as a not-for-profit organization.
Tempe, Arizona, United States
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.
Mission Viejo, California, United States
Unique World Inspirations sells fair trade products for travel and festival lovers that improve the lives of global artisans and contribute to a more conscious and equitable world. Their bags, jewelry, accessories, journals, and incense are sourced directly from artisan groups committed to fair wages, safe working conditions, and empowering opportunities. They reinvest profits to develop new sustainable product lines. Unique World Inspirations is a member of Fair Trade Federation.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
San Francisco, California, United States
Human First Works helps purpose-driven leaders develop high-performing, sustainable workplaces, expand their impact, and make the world a better place. They focus on founder coaching, business assessments, sales acceleration, values aligned strategy, team chartering, and organizational design. Human First Works draws from a wide range of established and emerging tools and practices that can be adapted to the unique requirements of each company and its teams. They pledge one percent of their services to worthy community organizations and one percent of profits to the planet.
www.goodmarket.global/humanfirstworks
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nimmit encourages the appreciation, care, and promotion of India’s rich artistic heritage by connecting artisans throughout India with local and global consumers who value handcrafted products. They prioritize artisans and craft communities that use environmentally responsible natural materials like handspun and handwoven kala cotton, sustainably sourced silk, and black stone pottery. Nimmit provides design inputs and product development support, organizes workshops and exhibitions, and opens new market opportunities. They provide interest-free loans to artisans and donate to local schools, hospitals, and charitable trusts. Nimmit’s parent company is a member of Care & Fair and Sedex, is SMETA audited, and has GOTS and OEKO-TEX certifications.
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Al-Hamka Farm & Bakery makes fresh, naturally grown produce more accessible in the Phoenix area. They sell seasonal vegetables and fruits through local markets, raise awareness about agriculture, and help others in the community establish their own gardens and small-scale farms without synthetic agrichemicals. Al-Hamka Farm maintains biodiversity, builds soil, minimizes water use, uses solar water pumps, and collects produce bags and containers for reuse. They provide agriculture knowledge to anyone that is interested. Al-Hamka Farm & Bakery donates produce to communities in need and is part of Food Not Bombs, a global volunteer movement that shares meals as a protest against wars and poverty.
www.goodmarket.global/alhamkafarmbakery
Kochi, Kerala, India
BhuME Women’s Collective aims to reduce waste, improve the quality of educational toys for local children, and create livelihood opportunities for unemployed women in Kerala. They upcycle tailoring waste into handmade toys with the help of women-led self-help groups and supply those toys to Anganwadi child care centers. The toys are designed with the guidance of child development and fashion technology experts at St. Teresa’s College in Kochi. BhuME raises awareness about environmental protection, organizes fundraisers, community events, and volunteer training programs, and mobilizes funding through a network of local supporters.
Nelundeniya, Sri Lanka
Human and Environment Development Organization (HEDO) is a Sri Lankan sustainable development organization working for a society where humans and the environment are in harmony. They have worked with smallholder rubber farmers on energy efficient rubber drying houses, biogas systems using rubber wastewater, transitioning to organic rubber cultivation, and supplemental livelihood activities like mushroom cultivation. HEDO markets black tea from small-scale forest gardens under the Green Lanka brand. The tea is grown using agroecological practices without synthetic fertilizers, weedicides, fungicides, and pesticides.
Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Frugal Planet aims to create positive environmental and social impact by promoting low waste shopping in Sri Lanka. They collaborate with responsible producers to offer a wide range of goods like non-toxic cleaning supplies, cruelty-free skin care, reusable totes, shampoo bars, and reusable sanitary pads. Frugal Planet ensures products are fairly priced so that sustainable shopping is affordable and accessible to all. They donate a portion of all sales to nonprofit groups working on UN Sustainable Development Goals like Zero Hunger and Clean Water and Sanitation.
www.goodmarket.global/frugalplanet
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Divisarana works for the welfare of dogs and cats in and around University of Sri Jayewardenepura. They organize feeding programs, vaccination campaigns, and practical workshops on animal care and animal rights policies. Divisarana is a not-for-profit initiative that operates through voluntary action and fundraisers.
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Mudiyanse Eco helps small-scale farmers access fair prices and organic markets and makes naturally grown turmeric, pepper, chili, and other spices more affordable and accessible for Sri Lankan consumers. They partner with families in Pujapitiya, Kurunegala, Panamura, and Matale that are committed to environmentally responsible practices and work with them to achieve organic verification. Mudiyanse Eco donates a portion of their profits to rural schools and other social services.
Kolonnawa, Sri Lanka
Voice of Dignity (VOD) creates crochet clothing, accessories, housewares, and toys from natural fiber yarn and provides livelihood opportunities for marginalized communities. They started with a group of women in a low-income area of Colombo where alcohol, drugs, and abuse are common. The Voice of Dignity model enables the women to work from home at their own pace, earn fair pay for each product they produce, and receive a share of profits. Products are durable and can be repaired. Scrap yarn is used to make smaller products or saved to be used as filling. Voice of Dignity reinvests proceeds to establish crochet groups in other marginalized communities.
www.goodmarket.global/voiceofdignity
Homagama, Sri Lanka
Lak Rasa provides affordable, nutritious Sri Lankan food made from pesticide-free ingredients. They source leafy greens from their own garden and rice, flour, vegetables, and spices from local organic shops. Lak Rasa segregates waste and composts biodegradable materials.
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Reez offers unique embroidered bags, pouches, and housewares as an alternative to single-use plastic bags and imported goods. They use unbleached cotton, linen, handloom material from nearby weavers, and fabric waste from a local garment factory. Scrap materials are used to make pillows and accessories.
Pulmoddai, Sri Lanka
ST Organic Farm grows organic fruits, vegetables, and traditional paddy varieties in Trincomalee district. They produce their own compost and organic inputs from locally available materials and focus on protecting and enhancing their soil. ST Organic Farm is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
www.goodmarket.global/storganicfarm
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