Daisy Daisy Ethical Gifts

Info:  Brings you stylish and unusual ethical gifts and presents, ranging from organic fairtrade kids' t-shirts to greetings cards made from rhino poo!

Dinks Ltd

Info:  Bags for life, eco-friendly totes, promote your business the green way.

They are suppliers of eco-friendly biodegradable bags, recyclable bags, reusable cotton bags, wholesale bags, custom bags and personalised bags; they supply wholesale to companies in the UK and the USA.

They have developed a stylish range of bags which they can logo print and supply quantities of 100 to 1000 in less than two weeks.

Ecobags

Info:  The original brand name, promoting your quality brand name since 2003. Free advertising, it's crucial for any business to advertise, particularly now. Ecobags offer long lasting promotion that works, and it can be free.

Ecobags are truly bespoke -- your bags are made to your exact specification, fresh to order, which means that you will get exactly what you want for your business, not what another bag supplier tells you is available. Our totally bespoke service is backed up by a minimum order on jute of just 250 bags, and what's more, this can be a mix of bag types, thereby giving you options to offer to your customers.

Ecoture

Info:  Fashionable, ethical, eco-friendly products -- bags, homeware, gifts, fairtrade jewellery and more!  Ecoture is a home based business run by a myself and my partner. We are both very passionate about the environment. We strive to raise awareness and reduce the ongoing negative impact on the environment and unfair trading through our products. We are also both vegan, so every item featured in the EcoShop is too!

Our supplier trades in an ethical way with goods normally sourced from Mexico, Canada, Ecuador, Chile, Vietnam, Thailand, Bali, Morocco, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Senegal and Ghana. They have a high element of trust and friendship between producer and importer. They encourage their producers (family based businesses and small groups of artisans) to improve their own situation by offering higher prices for improvements in quality and in general making their product more appealing to developed markets. They are big supporters of traditionally made handicrafts, and not supporters of factories. Our supplier is very conscious of environmental matters, as are we -- only using natural sustainable products and re-using all clean packaging. They buy reused cartons from Reboxit and avoid airfreight wherever possible.

EcoU

Info:  We operate from a small organic farm in Warwickshire. We are committed to a long term strategy, working with suppliers and manufacturers bringing you fantastic eco and ethical products at great prices. We need to financially support the whole operation whilst the eco revolution takes hold and people's buying and lifestyle habits change. In doing this, we believe that we are making our contribution and trust that you will match our efforts by purchasing our products and services.

Equa

Info:  Is a women's wear boutique based in Islington's Camden Passage in London, a short walk from Angel tube station off Upper Street.

We are unique in London, proudly offering ethical style on the high street. All the collections found at our boutique and online are beautiful, stylish, desirable and ethical. Being ethical can mean different things to different people. As an ethical fashion boutique however, we have a responsibility to ensure that all of our products have been produced under conditions and from materials that meet recognised ethical standards, and facilitate improvements in quality of life throughout the supply chain.

We buy from designers that have open, transparent supply chains, who care about who and where their collections are made and ensure that there has been no exploitation during their production. These are the principles of fair trade and this is what we require our labels to adhere to.

We are also committed to improving sustainability in the fashion industry. At Equa you will find organic cotton collections, clothing made from other sustainable fabrics such as bamboo and soya, shoes that have been made using reconstituted leather dyed using environmentally friendly dyes and also some wonderful vegan accessories.

Fair Connections

Info:  We sell a wide range of beautiful, hand-crafted fair trade bags, purses, scarves, wooden toys, children's room accessories, homeware, jewellery and musical instruments from around the world. A wonderful selection of ethical gifts that are different from the norm, with something for everyone. And the best news is that buying a fair trade product, you can help make a difference to the producers in the Third World.

Freeset Bags

Info:  With so many “ethical” claims being made by businesses today, it is difficult to know where you stand. Despite grand statements it is easy to lose the reality behind the claims and to know how our purchasing choices impact others lives. At Freeset, we seek to differ. We believe it's essential that trade is fair.

Freeset is not run as a “normal” profit sharing business, where shareholders are the ones to benefit from the work of the women who manufacture the bags. Instead, Freeset runs as a social enterprise where profits are retained within the business and used to enable more women to be employed and to see their lives changed.

Freeset was established in 2001 to provide high quality jute bags, whilst also providing intervention and employment to women who had been trafficked into prostitution in Kolkata, India. We now employ over 100 women who manufacture our export quality bags.

As we manufacture all the bags ourselves, we have complete control over the manufacturing process and continually seek to source the highest quality materials. At Freeset we seek the highest standards for all the employees and provide opportunities for employment to vulnerable women, who would be excluded from other employment and left to a life of prostitution and exploitation.