Can a business have a social conscience?

TOMS

Warby Parker

After spending the last couple of weeks reading and discussing our roles as consumer and the impact that may have on Human Rights – below is the Ethical Shopping Guide – I hope you use it and think about your next purchase – Enjoy the BREAK!! - M

ACCESSORIES

• 3 Cords

• Dignify

• Ethnotek Bags

• FashionABLE

• Gadanke

• Noonday Collection

• Raven + Lilly

• Re:New

• Serrv

• Sevenly

• Solo Eyewear

• Story Company

• Ten Thousand Villages

• WeWood

• Yobel Market

CLOTHING & SHOES

• Adidas (they also own Reebok )

• Albion Fit

• Alternative Apparel

• Aurora Shoe Company

• Boden

• Everlane

• Fair Indigo

• Fashioning Change (more of a service than a brand)

• Flip + Tumble

• HAE Now

• Hanes (they also own lots of well-known brands)

• L.L. Bean

• Maggie’s Organics

• Nisolo Shoes

• Patagonia

• prAna

• Raven + Lilly

• Serrv

• Sevenly

• Smartwool

• Sole Rebels

• Sseko Designs

• The Root Collective

• Timberland

• WildlyCo

FOOD & DRINK

• AlterEco Chocolate

• Art of Tea

• Askinosie Chocolate

• Backporch Coffee

• Bob’s Red Mill

• Camino Chocolate

• Divine Chocolate

• Endangered Species Chocolate

• Equal Exchange

• Frontier Co-Op

• Green & Blacks Chocolate

• Intelligentsia Coffee

• Just Love Coffee

• King Arthur Flour

• Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee

• Madécasse Chocolate

• Newman’s Own Organics

• Oxfam

• Serrv

• Shaman Chocolate

• Sjaak’s Chocolate

• SunSpire

• Sweet Riot Chocolate

• Taza Chocolate

• Theo Chocolate

• Thrive Coffee

• Trade as One

• YumEarth

FURNITURE & HOME GOODS

• Claro Candles

• Dignify

• EcoBalanza

• Ekla Home

• Lamon Luther

• Mighty Nest

• Oxfam

• Room and Board

• Serrv

• Story Company

• Ten Thousand Villages

• The Burlap Bag

• The Honest Company

HEALTH & BEAUTY PRODUCTS

• Arbonne

• Au Naturale

• Beauty Without Cruelty

• Burt’s Bees

• Coastal Classic Creations

• Crystal

• Diva Cup

• Essential Care

• Green People

• Güd

• Inika

• Lilou Organics

• Lush

• MadeOn Hard Lotion

• Mineral Fusion

• Neal’s Yard Remedies

• Olive Naturally

• Pour Le Monde Parfum

• Shaklee

• The Body Shop

• Thistle Farms

• WholeFood Farmacy

JEWELRY

• 31 Bits

• Dignify

• International Sanctuary

• Lisa Leonard Designs

• Mercy House Kenya

• Noonday Collection

• Raven + Lilly

• Serrv

• Sevenly

• Story Company

• Ten Thousand Villages

• The Giving Keys

• The Root Collective

• Yobel Market

TOYS

• Bella Luna Toys

• Come Together

• Green Toys

• Hape Toys

• Imagine Childhood

• Kanzi Craft

• LEGO

• Little Footprints

• Melissa & Doug

• Nova Natural

• Oeuf

• Pebble

• Plan Toys

• Rosie Hippo

• Serrv

• Sweet Bottoms

• Tegu Blocks

• Tikes Bikes

• Wikki Stix

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