The 5 sustainable brands you should support

 

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Looking to partner with companies to support your sustainability goals? Want to know of businesses which are actually taking real actions to tackle climate change? Look no further, as this blog will help you answer all those questions. 

You can be looking for any of the below:

• Monthly subscription to offset your carbon footprints
• Looking to contributing towards eco projects
• Finding an innovative product packaging solution
• Transform your coffee and cocoa supply chain to make it more ethical
• Looking to get your cosmetics from an ethical supplier
• Eco-friendly  drinkware for your brand

This blog covers the inspirational stories behind how these brands became a reality, what motivates them, what their missions and aims are and more importantly how they are making a real difference to our planet.

1. Ecologi

This brand was created by three friends in Bristol, UK. Elliot Coad, Alex Price and Lucy Jack. Built by a passionate team of people with immense support from co-founders this platform is built to take real actions against climate change crisis.

Ecologi was created with the intention of helping people to make an impact towards the projects which help offset greenhouse gas emissions from the environment. They are giving an opportunity to all to sign-up with them for a monthly fee and they invest that money into various projects like The Eden Reforestration Project, generating green electricity from hydropower in India, producing electricity from wind power in Northeast Thailand and many more such projects.  As a company they are extremely transparent with their community. They show how the money collected in sign-up's is spent, with 85% of the money going towards climate projects and 15%  towards running the company & promoting it.

Simple to sign-up and then you can compensate your carbon footprint, fund climate projects, set your eco goals and keep all this information within your profile to track your progress. This is your chance to help save and restore the planet through a monthly subscription scheme.

To know more about Ecologi visit here: https://ecologi.com/

2. Burt's Bees

This is an American multinational company, specialising in personal care products. The parent company is "Clorox" and they describe themselves as a "Earth-friendly, natural personal care company.  Burt's Bee is committed towards the nature, they believe that since they take from nature to create their products, they must protect and preserve it too. 

Over 95% of their products have sources direct from nature. They do not test their products on animals. Other area they focus on is to invest in global communities to support their supply chains with access to clean water and providing support to women and children.

The product packaging is recyclable and they avoid over-packaging. There is no waste going to landfills from their operational sites and it all goes to recycling centres and waste-to-energy facilities. 

Currently they have a scheme running on their website where if you spend more than £30 on their site, they will plant a tree in your name.  They have partnered with more:trees  who will help them with planting trees in forests around the world. The trees planted will be indigenous and they will be planted at the right season and in the right conditions. 

To know more about this scheme, click here: https://www.burtsbees.co.uk/more-trees.list

To shop and plant trees, visit here: https://www.burtsbees.co.uk/ 

3. Flexi-Hex

Launched in 2018 with an innovative plastic-free packaging for surfboards. This brand began it's journey by looking to solve a problem. Problem was surfers looking to move a surfboard from one location to another without using plastic and ensuring it was secure and protected from damage. And hence the first product was launched which was plastic free and made from paper. 11 months on they developed a sustainable bottle packaging which is one of their most popular products. 

They are on a mission to make sustainability more sustainable. They care about the planet and the way they do that is by thoughtful design process where they collaborate with their partners. They are constantly innovating and learning new techniques to deliver products which can solve the plastic problems of industries worldwide. The aim of this company is clear; they want to remove the use of plastic from packaging industry. They want to help raise awareness around the amount of plastic which ends up in marine environments and how it is one of the biggest environmental threats facing the planet. 

Their patented product is made from paper, it is eco-friendly, biodegradable, strong and adaptable packaging. This packaging helps in protecting fragile products during transiting from one location to another. They specialise in boardsports, bottles,  cosmetics, electronics, commercials and homeware.

To check their website, click here: https://www.flexi-hex.com/

4. FarmerConnect

FarmerConnect want to help in the transformation of the food supply chain by making use of cutting-edge technology solutions. They are a Swiss based start-up who are a global-agri tech leader. 

Their cutting edge technology empowers action across the entire supply chain right from farmers to consumers. They want to help people make the right decision at the right time and anywhere in the world.

They are emerging as the leaders in connected data in coffee and cocoa supply chains. They believe in the power of data and want to make the best use of data to connect the farmers, suppliers, consumers and everyone involved in the supply chain process. 

Farmer Connect provide innovative traceability solution across the entire coffee and cocoa supply chain. As a product moves around in the supply chain, each party be it farmer, supplier or end user uploads their own layer of data to the platform. The technology stack behind the Farmer Connect platform is provided by IBM's Blockchain Transparent Supply platform and it is customised for the coffee and cocoa industries.

 

To know more about Farmer Connect, click here: https://www.farmerconnect.com/

5.MiiR

The founder's story is quite interesting and thought provoking. The founder Bryan was filming at a ski resort and he lost control down a chute and hit a tree. As he leaned against the tree looking at his bent leg, and he had a thought, "If I die now, what would I leave behind?" and that question was the start of the journey for MiiR. 

Along with his wife, Rebecca they setup MiiR and the company focussed on people and environment. Each year the company invest a proportion of the top-line revenue to trusted non-profit organisations which help in uplifting communities and restore the environment.  As of 2021, they have given over $2.6 million to over 200 organisations, across 26 countries.

Miir provide customizable, sustainable and branded drinkware products. These beautiful drinkware products will help you promote brand and helps you get eco-friendly products. Each of their product is designed in-house and it emphasizes on four design principles; minimal, sustainable, functional and enduring.

They have dedicated website for consumers directly looking to buy their product here: https://www.miir.com/

And they also have a special website for business buyers here: https://b2b.miir.com/

Hope you enjoyed reading this blog and the inspirational stories behind these brands. The time to take action is now and these companies are giving us an option to go green, go plastic free, invest in communities worldwide and create a fairer society. Let's all support them and share their stories.

Comment below and share your favourite brands or if you have any others on your list.