Our Brands

The Shibori Wearhouse is a start-up specializing in hand-dyed cotton T-shirts, kaftans, and housewares. They use non-toxic, fiber reactive dyes and treat waste water onsite. Clothing and paper bags are made by women in the local community from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are committed to expanding social and environmental services as they grow.

The Shona Project educates, empowers, and inspires today’s girls to become tomorrow’s strong, confident, and curious young women in Ireland. They offer school workshops for secondary school students, provide lesson plans for teachers, and run a Junior Ambassador (Jambo) program for student leaders who promote kindness, positivity, inclusion, and resilience. Their annual Shine Festival brings together thousands of girls to hear from inspiring role models and celebrate International Day of The Girl. The Shona Project provides free survival handbooks for first year girls across Ireland, a free stencil kit for school bathrooms and halls, and free online resources including a podcast, a newsletter, and informative and inspiring videos on mental health, women’s health, women in sports, careers, the arts, activism, and more. They are a not-for-profit organization and a member of the Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland (SERI). The Shona Project reinvests all surplus towards their mission.

The Silk Body creates vegan personal care products from all natural and organic essential oils. They sustainably source ingredients from producers in the Matale district of Sri Lanka and create blends that nourish the skin and provide aromatherapy benefits for overall wellbeing.

The Skill Mill employs young ex-offenders to provide environmental services in their local area. Young people with a criminal record often face barriers to accessing education, training, and employment opportunities that would enable them to move forward with their lives. Through The Skill Mill, they receive six months paid employment, practical work experience, accredited training, a nationally recognized qualification, and support to access follow-on employment. Participants acquire knowledge and skills by working alongside local contractors and partners to maintain urban green spaces and rural land, clean waterways, reduce flood risks, improve river health, and develop horticulture and water management skills. The Skill Mill reduces reoffending rates, increases community safety, improves the local environment, and strengthens civic pride and care for public spaces. They also organize World Cleanup Day, an annual global event that mobilizes citizens, community groups, corporations, and government bodies to participate in a day of action. The Skill Mill is a not-for-profit social enterprise and reinvests all surplus towards their mission. They are a member of Social Enterprise UK.

The Social Story empowers purpose-driven brands to use social media for positive impact. They specialize in considered content creation, strategic consultation, and management services to meet business goals, maximize impact, and create meaningful audience relationships. The Social Story is committed to kindness, diversity, accessibility, gender equality, sustainability, and giving back. They partner with Avenue Coworking to develop manuals, processes, and work opportunities that support people with physical disabilities or neurodivergence, and they work with B1G1 to contribute to causes aligned with the UN Global Goals. The Social Story has tiered pricing models and provides low bono or pro bono services for smaller enterprises and low-income groups and gives back through donations, volunteering, and mentoring. They are a Clean Creatives Agency, a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise, and a member of Pride By Side, B1G1, and Social Enterprise Council of NSW and ACT (SECNA).

Sparklers Foundation is a not-for-profit that inspires young Sri Lankans to follow their passions and build a more sustainable future for the Island. They aim to provide skills and opportunities to help young leaders develop actionable initiatives, ventures and careers. Their publication, "I Am Inspired" is a collection of insights and reflections from changemakers with Sri Lankan roots. All profits from book sales will go towards funding a textbook version in Sinhala, Tamil, and braille. The textbook will include inspiring stories and career planning exercises and will be introduced into the national high school curriculum in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Government.

The Spice Trail has villa rooms and a poolside garden restaurant on Sri Lanka's east coast. They prioritize locally sourced materials, minimize plastic use, and have invested in solar water heaters, natural farming, and a water recycling facility that collects gray and black water waste from their rooms and restaurant and cleans it through a biological treatment process. The water is used to maintain the gardens before it is returned to the water table. The Spice Trail grows its own fruits and vegetables at Komari Farms. The land was sandy and degraded when they started, but they are enhancing soil health through a green manure program. By 2022, they aim to employ completely natural farming practices and have a farm to table menu that is fully sourced from their farm. The Spice Trail hires locally, contributes to the development of local schools, builds houses in the village, and offers training to the community in hospitality, sustainability, water recycling, soil health, and natural farming.

The Square Genius creates websites for purpose-driven organizations, charities, and nonprofits dedicated to making meaningful impacts. They offer website design, branding, and search engine optimization (SEO) services. The Square Genius works with THG Eco More Trees to plant five trees for every website built and support global reforestation projects that generate employment for people living in poverty. They also fundraise for Hearing Dogs For Deaf People. The Square Genius is a member of The Shropshire Charity Network.

The Template House is a graphic design platform that provides accessible design templates to their community of wellness and sustainability advocates, practitioners and change-makers. Their mission is to support the creative and aesthetic process of branding and marketing for conscious businesses that focus on social impact, sustainability, or wellness. The Template House offers website design and graphic design services and templates for branding, social media, media kits, ebooks, and websites.

Thethi Farm cultivates organic heirloom kuruluthuda rice in Minuwangoda to contribute to "good health and good life." They produce their own compost and organic liquid fertilizer on the farm, save seeds, carefully manage water levels to prevent weeds, disease, and pests, and preserve natural habitat and biodiversity. Thethi Farm is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).

The TN card supports local businesses in the TN postcode in the United Kingdom and raises funds for local mental health. They offer a monthly or annual membership card for exclusive rewards at hundreds of local restaurants, shops, beauty salons, gyms, theaters, and other independent businesses in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, and the surrounding area. Members also have access to free or subsidized events to meet other members in person. The TN card donates memberships to local charities, community organizations, and low-income groups. They support local initiatives to encourage environmentally responsible business practices, improve the local economy, increase community, and reduce social isolation. The membership card is digital to minimize environmental impact, and 10 percent of each membership sale is donated to West Kent Mind. The TN card is a member of Social Enterprise UK.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Registry (TCMCR) was created to support Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners and patients by improving recordkeeping, treatment strategies, and patient outcomes. Acupuncture and other forms of TCM are affordable health care options used by people all over the world. The TCMCR software makes it easy to record patients' symptoms, diagnoses, treatment interventions, and outcomes and manage clinical records. It uses a diagnostic format called the Traditional Chinese Medical Diagnostic Descriptor (TCMDD) which was developed by practitioners for practitioners and validated through academic research. Participating practitioners are able to search TCMCR's de-identified database for treatment strategies specifically appropriate for their patient's TCM diagnostic profile. The Registry will also facilitate the collection of quality data for university research, education, and continuous improvement. TCMCR is committed to affordability and provides discounts to practitioners in lower-income countries. Fifty percent of profits are donated to Evidence Based Acupuncture, a not-for-profit organization that collates and disseminates quality TCM research.

The Urban Farm started when Greg Peterson began growing more than 70 fruit trees in his 1/3-acre yard in Phoenix, Arizona and has expanded into a leading online resource for gardening and farming education. They provide inspiration, knowledge, and tools to help people join the real food revolution, gain food freedom, and transform their local food economies. Urban Farm U teaches people how to easily grow food in the ground, in a pot, or on a tree no matter where they live. They offer podcasts, webinars, courses, consultations, and other online resources related to urban farming, seed saving, regenerative agriculture, aquaponics, water harvesting, and more. The Urban Farm Fruit Tree Program is a seasonal event in Phoenix that enables people to pre-order and pick-up live trees, bushes, and vines that fruit in low desert conditions. Since 1999, tens of thousands of fruit trees have been planted in the Phoenix area through the program. The Urban Farm team also contributes to the Edible Backyard Summit and the Great American Seedup.

The Vignes Rooftop Revival is a gypsy jazz band that started in the Vignes building of the downtown Los Angeles arts district. They have been called LA's "busiest and greenest swing band." The founding members maintain a diverse rooftop garden and walk, bike, and skateboard to 90 percent of their shows. They focus on residencies and regularly recurring events in the local community rather than one-off performances. The Vignes Rooftop Revival plays no-cover shows nearly every day of the week, offers free music online and to non-profit groups, and trades music for other goods and services. They partner with local organic urban farms and community gardens, performance non-profits, safe performance spaces, local food trucks, and bike self-repair and training co-ops. They also provide a framework that makes it easy for more than 20 touring musicians to reenter the local music scene.

The Village Cafe is part of SABAH, a social business organization owned and operated by women home-based workers from marginalized communities in Nepal. The restaurant specializes in traditional Newari cuisine made from natural, sustainably sourced ingredients. The Village Cafe's farm to table model makes it possible to provide fair trade rates to suppliers and affordable prices to consumers. Women from nearby villages grow the ingredients and prepare the food. SABAH provides hygiene and culinary training that enables these home based workers to cook like professionals. The Village brand has also created new market opportunities for locally produced rice, rice flour, mustard oil, spices, and cows' milk. SABAH members have access to a provident fund, maternity benefits, medical benefits, education, and human development skills. Surplus revenue is reinvested to expand the network.

The Waste Not Spot empowers organizations to transition towards circular economy practices, reduce their environmental footprint, and create positive social impact. They provide guidance on waste reduction, recycling, waste-to-energy conversion strategies, management plans to minimize environmental impact and maximize resource recovery, circular economy and sustainability strategies, and supply chain optimization. They also conduct sustainability assessments and organize stakeholder engagement ​programs to educate employees, ​customers, and communities about the benefits ​of circular economy practices and sustainable ​consumption. The Waste Not Spot offers discount pricing for small businesses and not-for-profit organizations and is developing a scholarship program for organizations in need. They maintain an online community group, and they offer free workshops, webinars, newsletters, and downloadable content. The Waste Not Spot is part of Zero Waste International Alliance, Zero Waste Europe, Circular Economy Australia, and other zero waste, circular economy, and sustainability groups.

The Wellbeing Farm is an events venue in Lancashire that combines sustainability, wellbeing, and fun to deliver unique and memorable weddings, meetings, parties, and corporate events. They have minimized environmental impact by installing wind turbines to provide renewable energy, providing electric vehicle charging stations, repurposing existing farm buildings, creating furnishings from upcycled materials, maintaining a Prop Shed with reusable decorations, eliminating single-use plastic, and rewilding the farmland. The Wellbeing Farm supports the local economy by recommending local businesses, creating living wage employment for local young people, and sustainably sourcing local food, products, and services. Surplus food is shared with local foodbanks or composted onsite. The Wellbeing Farm supports The Burnt Chef Project and makes a donation to One Woman At A Time for every booked event. They are a certified B Corporation and a member of the Sustainable Wedding Alliance, The Better Business Network, and the SME Climate Hub.

The Wild Monkey is a Colombo cafe that specializes in local coffee and tea, fresh juices and smoothies, and affordable natural food with vegetarian and vegan options. They source ingredients and raw materials from Good Market approved enterprises that are committed to ethical and environmentally responsible practices. The Wild Monkey is working towards becoming a zero waste cafe. They contribute a portion of all sales to protect Sri Lanka's wild monkeys and their habitat.

The Wonky Food Company helps reduce food waste by partnering with farmers, suppliers, and retailers and producing delicious products from their imperfect and surplus fruits and vegetables. They specialize in versatile condiments that can add flavor to a range of dishes. Their chili tomato relish, onion relish, and pepper lime relish are available online and through local retailers in the United Kingdom. The Wonky Food Company supports Oxford Mutual Aid by offering a "Buy One Give One" purchase option, contributes to local causes by regularly donating relishes for charity raffles and giveaways, and uses their platforms to raise awareness about food waste in the United Kingdom and globally. They are part of the Happerley transparent supply network, a Feeding the City accelerator at Impact Hub Kings Cross, Good Food Oxford, and OxLEP eScalate.

The Woods is an eco retreat, permaculture farm, and rewilding initiative in the Sri Lankan hill country. They offer a cabana, cottage, bungalow, and camping facilities in an ideal location for meditation, bird watching, hiking, and river bathing. The Woods hosts Permaculture Network Sri Lanka and serves as a permaculture and agroforestry training and demonstration center for introductory workshops and full permaculture design courses. The team has been developing sustainable buildings, establishing responsible waste and water management systems, and transforming a disturbed piece of land back into a diverse and thriving forest. Using principles of natural succession, they established crops like pepper, cinnamon, coffee, and vanilla while protecting wildlife, native plants, and other species. The Woods team created a butterfly and dragonfly garden to increase biodiversity and invites local school children and community members to visit the land and learn about healthy ecosystems.