Our Brands

Brisbane North Community Toy Library aims to support families, encourage sustainable play, strengthen community bonds, and foster learning, creativity, and social development. They enrich the lives of children by providing affordable access to a diverse range of quality toys, games, puzzles, and educational resources. Brisbane North Community Toy Library reduces waste by promoting sharing and reuse and extending the life of items that would otherwise end up in landfill. They are committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment with accessible facilities, toys that cater to different sensory needs, sliding scale pricing, and free or reduced rate memberships in exchange for volunteer work.

British Nordic Walking forms walking groups in local communities in the United Kingdom to improve health and wellbeing and facilitate social interaction. Their certified instructors teach the International Nordic Walking Federation (INWA) 10-Step Method, which uses specially designed poles to combine walking with core and upper body conditioning and help members manage their health, address mental distress, and reduce isolation by forming new friendships. They also offer training courses and manuals for individuals interested in pursuing careers as instructors and walk leaders. British Nordic Walking has adapted training methods for amputees and people with sight disabilities or long-term health conditions. Some walking groups are free or accessible through social prescribing. British Nordic Walking is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC) and a member of Social Enterprise UK and Sport England.

Brown Living raises awareness about conscious consumption, makes environmentally responsible products easily accessible, and provides a growth platform for artisans and small businesses committed to sustainability. Their online marketplace offers a wide range of everyday products that are made in India for India and carefully curated for a sustainable, vegan, toxin free, zero waste lifestyle. Brown Living prioritizes partners that have an environmental mission, are socially inclusive and transparent, follow fair trade practices, and work towards resource efficiency and a low carbon footprint. All orders are packaged and shipped plastic free directly from the production location. Brown Living calculates carbon emissions and offsets through tree planting projects with Grow Trees. They contribute to Ek Saath Foundation and ACORN Foundation.

Bruhat Energy contributes to the renewable energy transition by locally manufacturing affordable solar products in India. They specialize in solar charge controllers, solar prioritizers, and LED luminaries that are critical components in solar home lighting, off-grid solar power, and solar street light systems. These systems are primarily used to provide lighting to low income households and communities. Bruhat Energy provides products and installation services for solar power, solar lighting, and solar pumping across India with a focus on underserved communities in Karnataka, Odisha, and the North Eastern Region. They offer a two-year warranty and long-term repair services. Bruhat Energy works closely with SELCO Foundation and is an active member of CLEAN Network.

Buddhi Batiks has been creating handmade batik fabric in the village of Koswadiya since 1972. Over the years, they have developed a contemporary design studio that preserves traditional arts and crafts through modern textile and apparel design. Their batik clothing and accessories have been featured on runways and in international exhibitions. Buddhi Batiks is committed to social and environmental responsibility and waste reduction. They offer a unique 2-in-1 sari to reduce consumption and a zero waste accessories line that is made from off-cuts and sample fabrics.

Buffalo Back is a food cooperative in Bangalore that harnesses the power of community to improve access to good food. They offer grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, spices, cold-pressed oils, natural sweeteners, dried fruits, snacks, fresh produce, personal care, and other organic and natural products. Buffalo Back subscribers help build steady, viable markets for marginalized small-scale farmers, farming enterprises, and community businesses. This enables them to produce a diverse range of native crops and minimally processed traditional foods that are better for their land, their livelihoods, and consumer health. The collective sources what they grow at the prices they quote. Buffalo Back has organized farmers' markets, community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs, community enterprises, and other initiatives and events in the Bangalore area. They are registered as a not-for-profit Section 8 company and reinvest all surplus towards their mission.

Bugyaal helps create livelihood opportunities for women artisans and farmers and makes Himalayan herbs and spices accessible to urban consumers. They offer seasoning blends, immunity blends, wellness tisanes, and gift boxes. Bugyaal raises awareness about indigenous superfoods. They work with local people to build new skills and achieve financial independence so they are not compelled to move to cities in search of opportunities.

Bumbi manufactures reusable cloth diapers and menstrual pads in Indonesia to support local livelihoods and public health, reduce plastic pollution and hazardous waste, protect the oceans, and contribute to a circular economy. Their products are made by local women and people with disabilities and were developed to be accessible and economical for low-income groups. In Indonesia, 13 million babies use disposable diapers annually and 50 percent of plastics in waterways are from single-use diapers. Bumbi pilot initiatives show that transitioning to reusable cloth diapers can help families reduce diaper expenses by up to 75 percent and reduce diaper rashes by 86 percent. They partner with local health workers to provide free tester sets to low-income families and ensure their products reach the people who need them most. Bumbi is a member of the Prevent Waste Alliance and the Indo-Pacific Plastics Innovation Network (IPPIN).

Good Market is a curated platform that brings together people creating a better world. All of the vendors on the site have been through an application and review process to ensure they meet Good Market standards and are good for people and good for the planet.

Bun.Kar Bihar is the retail brand of Srijani Foundation, a nonprofit that was started to revive, promote, and sustain handspun and handwoven textiles in the state of Bihar and encourage the return of migrant weavers to their traditional craft. They focus on using natural local materials, reviving traditional skills, and promoting appropriate technologies and environmentally responsible processes. This includes hand spinning yarn on kisan charkha, a traditional wooden spinning wheel, preserving traditional weaves like extra weft Baavanbuti motifs, and incorporating embroidery and applique techniques like Sujni and Khatwa. Their saris, fabrics, stoles, dupattas, cushions, towels, and other housewares are available online and through their partners. Bun.Kar Bihar is committed to long term relationships, capacity building, and fair prices for hand-spinners, weavers, and embroiderers and is a member of the Creative Dignity movement.

BunkoJunko transforms textile waste into upcycled housewares, clothing, and accessories and creates work-from-home opportunities for women caregivers who are unable to access traditional employment. The founder has three decades of experience in the fashion industry and has provided tailoring and embroidery training for more than 5,000 women. After seeing all of the waste in the sector, she began researching sustainable and ethical fashion and using scraps from the cutting floor to create upcycled designs for exhibitions. Now, in addition to producing a range of products under their own name, BunkoJunko works with manufacturers and designers to recycle their waste streams into sellable goods. In 2020, BunkoJunko started Dezinelife Social Welfare Foundation to expand their social and environmental impact.

Bunkyard Hostels aims to be "more than just a bed" in Sri Lanka. They have locations in central Colombo and the southern beach town of Weligama and offer dorms and private rooms that are furnished with locally sourced and upcycled materials. They also offer shared transport between traveler hubs. Bunkyard is committed to social and environmental responsibility and does not provide single-use plastic straws or water bottles. They organize community events and actively support like-minded local enterprises.

BUONO Food for Life is a social enterprise started to support Child Action Lanka. It is a locally run community cafe in Kandy town that hosts local events and serves coffee, smoothies, baked donuts, and other snacks. 100% of the cafe's profits are used to support programs for kids including daily meals, school supplies, and education expenses.

BusSeat.lk makes it easier for Sri Lankans to choose public transport for long distance trips and reduce their carbon footprint. They offer an online booking website and hotline for passengers, a bus management mobile app and white labeled reservation websites for bus operators, a ticket selling mobile app with wallet facilities for travel agents, a call center bus booking portal for telco operators, and APIs for third-party bus booking service providers. All bus operators on the platform are approved by the National Transport Commission of Sri Lanka. In the past, bus transport in Sri Lanka operated manually. With BusSeat.lk, people are now able to easily access public transport information, make reservations and payments, and track routes. An efficient public transportation system not only benefits local travelers and the environment, it also supports the tourism sector and contributes to local economic development.

Busy Life aims to inspire everyone, regardless of ability, to take part in sport. They publish Crip Life, an online disability magazine dedicated to dismantling disabling barriers, and they offer Diversity Designs, a collection of clothing and accessories with images of diverse athletes. Busy Life uses print-on-demand services to minimize waste. Their clothing line is made in a factory powered by renewable energy and shipped in plastic-free packaging. Busy Life is a member of Social Enterprise UK and donates to organizations that support people with disabilities.

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses is a fourth generation family business that has been producing hard, soft, and blue cheeses in rural Lancashire since 1932. All of their cheeses are made and matured under one roof in their farm house dairy, and the majority of their milk comes from their own herd. During periods of high demand or low supply, they source from neighboring farms within 10 miles to keep the food miles and carbon footprint low. Butlers offers a local, ethical alternative to mass produced cheese from industrial agriculture operations and is continuously working to increase their environmental responsibility. For example, cheese packaging is normally made of several different polymers to maintain quality and prevent food waste, which makes it difficult to recycle. Butlers has been investing in alternatives, and in 2021, they launched a single polymer package that is fully and easily recyclable. They are currently working on compostable packaging alternatives made from natural materials like seaweed. Butlers contributes to local community initiatives and events and sponsored the installation of rural broadband for people in the local area.

Buttons for Beans contributes to a circular economy by creating upcycled children's clothing and accessories from discarded materials that would have otherwise gone to landfill. They collect adult clothing, curtains, tablecloths, pillow cases, duvets, sleeping bags, fabric swatches, charity shop rag bags, and other fabrics and transform them into unique rompers, dresses, dungarees, tops, shorts, trousers, jackets, memory quilts, and more. Products can be customized and made to order. When the clothing is outgrown, customers can return it for a discount on their next purchase. Buttons for Beans maintains a swap shop where these pre-loved pieces can be purchased at a fraction of the original cost.

Buy Good. Feel Good. helps connect conscious consumers with brands that focus on the common good through innovative social missions, fair trade, and environmental stewardship. BGFG started in Toronto with an annual expo and grew to become North America’s largest exhibition dedicated to social enterprises. They now offer a year-round online marketplace to promote businesses that that put people and planet ahead of profit. BFGG Marketplace is a one-stop-shop for ethical and sustainable clothing, accessories, housewares, personal care, coffee, tea, spices, and more. They work with Fairtrade Canada, Fair Trade Federation, World Fair Trade Organization, B Lab, Social Enterprise Alliance, Causeartist, and other mission aligned partners.

Buy Social Canada brings together purpose driven purchasers and social value suppliers to build business relationships that generate social benefits for communities across Canada. By enabling people to buy and sell with impact, they are creating a social value marketplace and unleashing the transformative power of the market. Buy Social Canada offers social enterprise certification, social purchasing partnerships, social procurement consulting, webinars and training services, national and regional engagement opportunities, and online resources on social enterprise, social procurement, community benefit agreements, and the social value marketplace. They also maintain directories of certified social enterprises, social purchasing partners, and community champions in Canada. Buy Social Canada is a certified Living Wage Employer in British Columbia and Ontario.

Buy Social USA is supporting the development of a social procurement ecosystem in the United States. They make it easier for social enterprises to sell their products and services and easier for institutional buyers to source from certified social enterprises. Through a network of networks approach, Buy Social USA helps local groups access information and procurement opportunities and provide services to their members. They operate as a not-for-profit, which means there are no private shareholders and all surplus is reinvested to expand the social enterprise movement in the United States.