Our Brands

The Calming Card aims to improve quality of life by providing practical mental health wellness tools to relieve anxiety and stress in real time. They complement longer term strategies like meditation and therapy, which require significant time and dedication. The Calming Card and The Calming App are based on recent brain scan studies which show that mental math and other memory-based exercises can stimulate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, contribute to immediate calm and focus, and provide quick relief during times of anxiety and stress. The Calming Card partners with schools, women's centers, hospitals, clinics, veterans organizations, and mental health support groups to create customized solutions and make these tools accessible to at-risk communities. For example, Crisis Text Line offers a wallet size card that includes their crisis text phone number. The Calming Card was developed by DreamSky Farm, a Florida Social Purpose Corporation.

The Carbon Consulting Company helps companies develop and implement sustainable business practices. Their technical team works with clients on carbon footprinting, water footprinting, waste audits, life cycle assessments, biodiversity assessments, and the development of carbon offset and forestry based carbon credit projects. They help businesses develop environmental impact monitoring systems according to GRI standards and make the necessary changes to receive environmental certifications. While they primarily work with large clients in Asia, Australia, and the Middle East, they also offer customized services for small and medium enterprises committed to environmental sustainability.

The Cashmere Clothing raises awareness about fast fashion and offers clothing and accessories made from natural, responsibly sourced materials in order to create a more sustainable future. They specialize in scarves and stoles that are made from cashmere, mulberry silk, and cupro and modal "vegan silk," colored with azo free dyes, and packed in responsible packaging.

The Ceylon Spice Hub makes it easier for families to choose healthy natural foods that benefit local farmers in Sri Lanka. They offer spices, spice blends, chili pastes, pickles, sambols, sauces, dressings, moju, badum, chutneys, and jams made from ingredients they grow on their own farm or source directly from other local farmers. All products are free from artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and other additives. Their own farm near the Sinharaja forest reserve has been free from synthetic agrichemicals for 40 years. They use compost and manure and a gravity-fed spring water irrigation system and actively minimize waste. Customers receive discounts when they return empty glass bottles for sterilization and reuse. The Ceylon Spice Hub provides fair pay, good working conditions, and other benefits. They plan to allocate 15 percent of profits to livelihood development for women living near Pasgoda and Kolaniya.

The Charity Shop Gift Card is accepted in regional and national charity shops across the United Kingdom. They promote the circular economy, reduce waste to landfill, celebrate second-hand fashion, and enable people in need to access essential items with the dignity of choice. To minimize environmental impact, The Charity Shop Gift Card is available digitally or as a physical card that is compostable, recyclable, and made from recycled materials. The cards are ideal gifts for people who value sustainability and slow fashion. They are also distributed through councils, charities, and support agencies to help people access furniture, appliances, housewares, clothing, and items for their children. The Charity Shop Gift Card is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC) and a member of Social Enterprise UK and the Charity Retail Association.

The Chicago Lighthouse has been a pioneering leader in vision care and social services since 1906. They provide education, employment, independent living, comprehensive vision care, and assistive technology services for people in Chicago who are blind, visually impaired, disabled, and veterans, regardless of their ability to pay. Their sister agency, Chicago Lighthouse Industries, is a social enterprise that provides job training and continuous employment for people who are legally blind through the assembly of clocks and other consumer products. They are the last major clock assembly in the United States and have been the sole supplier of wall clocks to the federal government for over 40 years. The Chicago Lighthouse also offers inbound call center services, Digital Accessible Experience (DAX) consulting, and contract management services. These social enterprises provide meaningful career opportunities and earn revenue to supplement Lighthouse programs and services. The Chicago Lighthouse works with National Industries for the Blind and many other social service organizations. They are registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.

The Chocolate Detective focuses on ethically and sustainably sourced chocolates that are transparent about origin and support the people at the start of the value chain. They work directly with cocoa farmers in Grenada and The Grenada Chocolate Company to supply a "tree to bar" chocolate that keeps value in the local economy. Their curated collection includes drinking chocolate from Madagascar, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands, single-origin Ecuadorian chocolate made with Arriba Nacional cacao beans, Provençal chocolate almonds, hazelnuts, and "olives," and naturally colored bird egg chocolates. The Chocolate Detective uses glassine bags, compostable ribbons, paper tape, and other biodegradable or recyclable packaging materials. Products are certified organic by the Organic Food Federation.

The Circular Collective activates, enables, and facilitates discussions on the circular economy in India. They document local circular economy initiatives through case studies and their changemakers series, share research and global best practices through regular podcasts, newsletters, and blog posts, and partner with institutions around the world to offer circular economy courses. Their Coffee Miners pilot is focused on building a circular marketplace to link producers of spent coffee grounds and other coffee sector byproducts with buyers who are interested in using these waste materials in their manufacturing process. The Circular Collective is part of the Global Environments Network, the Alexander von Humboldt Network, the DAAD Network.

The Clay House raises awareness about the health and environmental benefits of using traditional terracotta clay products. They specialize in clay water filters, water dispensers, and cookware as an alternative to imported plastic and aluminum options. They also offer clay wedding cake boxes, housewares, and artwork. The Clay House collects discarded clay products for reuse or compost and will refire clay water filters every six months to restore their filtration capacity.

The Clay Studio produces handmade ceramic tableware as a safe, durable, and environmentally responsible alternative to plastic. They provide free training and technical services to the local pottery community.

The Clay Tale creates functional handmade clay products from locally available natural materials as an alternative to imported plastic housewares. They reuse all scrap materials and raise awareness about environmental protection and supporting the local economy.

The Common Room offers ethically sourced and knowledgeably brewed specialty coffee and aims to provide a space where people can connect and find commonality. They produce cold brew coffee in a shared commercial kitchen, sell online and through community markets, and actively support other local businesses. Their coffee beans come from a roaster that maintains direct trade relationships with socially and environmentally responsible growers. The Common Room keeps low margins to make their products more accessible and offers discounts to customers that return their glass bottles for sterilization and reuse.

The Connectar combats loneliness through a platform designed to foster authentic relationships, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and a sense of belonging. Their Pollen Pairing algorithm connects individuals based on shared values, interests, and goals. This helps organizations build collaborative, inclusive, and engaged workforces, supports students to thrive through stronger connections, increased engagement, and personal growth, and enables event attendees to access meaningful networking opportunities. The Connectar provides free subscriptions to low-income users.

The Coriandarium was started in response to concerns about fillers, additives, and low quality ingredients being used in mass produced commercial spice blends. They specialize in small-batch spice mixes, seasonings, and condiments made from sustainably sourced organic and natural ingredients. Popular products include chai masala, roasted and unroasted curry powder, black curry powder, garam masala, sambar, harissa, and infused vinegars and oils. The Coriandarium is committed to waste reduction and takes back glass bottles for refills or recycling. They use paper bags made from recycled newspaper.

The Cottage Loughmore was established to combat rural isolation, bring life back to a dying village, and create economic opportunities for local people. They operate a community cafe, tearoom, and shop that sources from local food producers and serves as a social hub. The Cottage keeps prices as low as possible to ensure inclusion and reinvests all surplus to expand services and support local community initiatives. For example, they have installed solar photovoltaic panels, invested in internet access, and worked with the local primary school on a polytunnel project to grow and supply vegetables to the cafe. The Cottage Loughmore is a not-for-profit cooperative owned by community shareholders. They have helped other communities across Ireland and Europe replicate their model.

The Credible Food Project is focused on regenerating soil to ensure clean water, healthy food, carbon capture, and other ecosystem services. They provide education projects for schoools, regenerative options for gap year students, waste regeneration systems for hotels and other businesses, and compost and soil remediation strategies for landowners. Their Soil Regeneration course covers soil food web principles, beneficial microbe cultivation, thermal compost stacks, and aerobic compost teas and extracts. It includes microscope work to identify and monitor soil microbes. The Credible Food Project also work with farmers transitioning beyond organic agriculture to measure and monitor soil services. Farms adopting regenerative practices have increased microbial action, deeper roots, improved nutrient uptake, increased water retention, more pest resilient plants, and soil carbon levels increasing up to 60 tons per acre. The Credible Food Project is registered as a not-for-profit organization and reinvests profits into soil regeneration education and support services.

The Dandelion Philosophy focuses on poverty reduction using a holistic model of empowerment anchored in food security. They operate zero-waste kitchens in marginalized communities to provide hot and nutritious vegetarian meals to anyone in need. The Dandelion Philosophy uses these feeding programs as a starting point to provide free vocational skills, psychosocial support, coaching, mentoring, and support for regenerative farming and business development. They equip individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to become self-reliant and positively change the circumstances that lead to poverty. The Dandelion Philosophy’s model creates sustainable employment opportunities and promotes a shift from dependency on charity donations to socially conscious empowerment. They replace the temporary relief provided by traditional charities with long-lasting interventions based on innovation, evidence-based research, and sound business strategy. The Dandelion Philosophy is a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and a member of Social Enterprise UK.

The Design Collective Store is a retail outlet and ecommerce platform that supports more than 60 fashion designers and brands from Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, and Singapore. They provide designers a space to showcase their products so they can focus on creating rather than worrying about the day to day activities of managing an outlet. The Design Collective features ethical fashion brands that support local artisans and women's empowerment, operate according to fair trade practices, and use vegan, upcycled, or other sustainably sourced materials. The store serves as an interactive coworking space that promotes creative collaboration, innovation, resource and idea exchange, and female leadership in fashion. The Design Collective organizes and hosts workshops on conscious consumption, responsible buying practices, health and wellness, self-care, innovative design, and sustainability.

The D-signer reduces waste and plastic consumption by transforming scrap wood into custom wooden housewares and artwork. They source offcut wood from carpenters and small-scale manufacturers in the Moratuwa area and make products to order according to customers' requirements. The D-signer specializes in wood carving and laser cutting to create sign boards, plaques, personalized gifts, and more. They preferentially hire at-risk urban youth that are coming out of rehabilitation programs and donate two percent of revenue to tree planting programs.

The Empress aims to make natural, environmentally responsible personal care products affordable and accessible in Sri Lanka. Their handmade soaps, scrubs, polishes, and sugar waxes are free from harmful ingredients and provide a local alternative to synthetic commercial products. The Empress prioritizes ethically and sustainably sourced ingredients including aloe vera, holy basil, starfruit, moringa, turmeric, lemongrass, kapparawalliya, and other herbs from their own garden. Packaging materials are compostable or reusable, and production waste is segregated and composted or recycled. The Empress donates to people in need and provides natural soap to charities and a local cancer hospital.