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ABEX

ABEX

The Associação Bebô Xirin do Bacajá (ABEX) is an Indigenous association that represents the Mebengokrê-Xikrin People of the Trincheira Bacajá Indigenous Land (TITB), defending and upholding their social and territorial rights.

AFIMAD

AFIMAD

AFIMAD (The Indigenous Forestry Association of Madre de Dios) is an association formed by Amazon nut collectors. It emerged as an alternative solution to the unsustainable practice of indiscriminate tree felling, which had been a source of income for local Indigenous communities in the past.

Agil

Agil

Agil is a tech enterprise that brings affordable e-commerce solutions to small, micro, and family-run enterprises in the HoReCa (Hospitality, Restaurants, and Catering) industry in Chile and supports food delivery drivers to earn a sustainable income.

Alta Montaña

Alta Montaña

Founded over a decade ago, the Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Alta Montaña sources Fairtrade and organic coffee from over 400 small-holder farmers in the region, with close to 25% of its suppliers over the age of 65, and approximately 30% rural women.

ALTRNTV

ALTRNTV

ALTRNTV (previously known as “Atelier Merci”) produces handcrafted clothing made from sustainably-produced vegan and organic materials. In its brick-and-mortar store in Bucharest, ALTRNTV sells handmade clothing, shoes, and home goods by Romanian artisans from under-represented communities. 

Apoena

Apoena

Apoena was founded to improve the safety, efficiency, and quality of cassava processing for local farmers. The social enterprise collaborates closely with cassava flour producers to enhance their working conditions and provides training in organic farming and cassava processing techniques.

Apromayo

Apromayo

Founded in 2015, La Asociación de Productores Amazonas – Alto Mayo (“Apromayo”) sources coffee beans from over 300 producers in remote rainforest areas of San Martín and Amazonas, supporting them to make a living income while conserving the environment. Today, the association has become a key player in the region's coffee industry.

Arte Social Cooperative

Arte Social Cooperative

Arte Social Cooperative provides comprehensive psychological, social, and professional support for marginalized communities, especially people who are homeless, have been incarcerated, or struggle with problematic drug use.

Asoprocegua

Asoprocegua

Asoprocegua builds thriving, sustainable livelihoods for farming communities in Guaviare, Colombia. It supports small farmers to cultivate Amazon fruits such as açaí that are naturally produced in forests and can be sourced without cutting down a single tree.

ASSOAB

ASSOAB

Associação dos Agropecuários de Beruri (ASSOAB) has been supporting small Brazil nut collectors in Beruri, Amazonas since 1996, generating stable income for the isolated communities while respecting their traditional livelihoods and the environment.

Atelierul de Pânză

Atelierul de Pânză

ADP produces and sells upcycled textile products made from 100% recycled cotton. The Romanian enterprise also supports other impact-first businesses, including bakeries that provide jobs to youth and mothers from disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as recycling and cosmetic businesses that hire people with HIV or/and physical and mental disabilities, among others.

Bendito Residuo

Bendito Residuo

Bendito Residuo collects trash from Chilean companies and households and transports sorted waste to corresponding valuation facilities, all while offering transparent waste management services and training programs to its clients.

BioIncos

BioIncos

Bioingredientes Amazónicos (“BioIncos”) sources wild fruits from Indigenous communities in the Amazon Piedmont in Colombia and transforms them into natural oils for use in the cosmetics industry.

Box Elyte

Box Elyte

Box Elyte manufactures premium, eco-friendly cardboard boxes for chocolates and pastries while employing 150 individuals from excluded groups, including migrants and refugees from Ukraine and Asia, as well as local women from low-income backgrounds and ethnic minorities. It also prioritizes the purchase of goods and services from local businesses that integrate people with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds into the labor market.

Café Orígenes

Café Orígenes

Café Orígenes' mission is to sell traceable, ethically-sourced specialty coffee and ensure fair pay for producers who are often excluded from the traditional coffee value chain. Today it supports 64 coffee growers and their families.

Cattleya

Cattleya

Based in Cundinamarca, Flores Cattleya SAS (“Cattleya”) manages 18 hectares of land to produce and sell roses for export to the US. Cattleya currently employs 350 individuals, primarily from the nearby rural towns of Suesca and Sesquilé, providing them with a stable source of income and fair wages.

Cedros Café

Cedros Café

Cedros Café is a cooperative that supports smallholder coffee farmers in the region to improve their business practices and income opportunities. Cedros offers its associates 30% more than conventional buyers and provides business management and personal finance training, while helping farmers grow their production capacity and obtain Fair Trade and organic certifications.

Chunaky Baru

Chunaky Baru

Chunaky Baru is an Indigenous-led association dedicated to advancing the livelihoods of artisans in the San José community in the Colombian Amazon. Founded almost two decades ago by master craftsmen and women belonging to the community, its mission is to recover and conserve the cultural and artistic heritage of the Ticuna, Huitoto, and Cocama Indigenous communities and provide dignified income opportunities that align with Indigenous practices and values. It currently benefits 30 small artisans, producers, and suppliers.

COAS

COAS

For over two decades, Cooperativa Agraria Sonomoro del VRAEM (“COAS” – formerly known as Asociación de Productores Agrarios Naylamp de Sonomoro) has been working to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in these regions. It equips farmers with resources to cultivate organic, Fairtrade cacao, highlighting the benefits of sustainable farming practices.

COOPAFLORA

COOPAFLORA

Cooperativa Mista dos Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais da Calha Norte (“COOPAFLORA”) was created in 2019 to represent collecting families from the various Indigenous, Quilombola, and settler territories in the Calha Norte of the Brazilian Amazon.

CORPAPA

CORPAPA

Coordinadora Rural de la Papa del Perú (CORPAPA) was founded to support the livelihoods of traditional potato farmers in Ayacucho. The association supports over 130 local producers to grow organic potatoes, which it buys at preferential prices and sells to clients in the agroindustrial sector, supermarkets, restaurants, and government programs for public schools and soup kitchens.

Cuencas del Huallaga

Cuencas del Huallaga

Cuencas del Huallaga Asociacion De Productores Agropecuario (“Cuencas”) sources high-quality Fairtrade, organic cocoa from over 500 smallholder farmers, paying fair prices for their products.

Diaspora.Black

Diaspora.Black

Diaspora.Black is a social enterprise in the tourism and events sector with a mission to promote positive racially- and ethnically-diverse travel experiences. Its digital platform connects tourists, professionals, and entrepreneurs throughout 145 cities in 18 countries to offer a diverse array of travel and leisure services that aim to promote and foster Black culture.

Disruptia

Disruptia

Disruptia leverages technology to bridge the gap between the skills of jobseekers and the demands of companies in the digital job market in Colombia and other countries in Latin America. Its accessible training services have impacted 3,000 people, 44% of whom are from diverse backgrounds, including at-risk youth aged between 18 and 30, women, ethnic minorities, migrants, and people over the age of 50.

Ecocitex

Ecocitex

Ecocitex sells 100% recycled textile products through more than 250 women-led businesses across Chile. The social enterprise oversees an extensive production chain that involves anyone with access to clothing in the circular economy.

Ekoinbud

Ekoinbud

Ekoinbud specializes in community-based, sustainable construction solutions for schools, kindergartens, hospitals, and single and multi-family homes. Since 2015, the socially impactful enterprise has specialized in prefabricated wooden construction with dedicated teams that lead the architectural design, manufacturing, and on-site assembly and construction of green buildings.

Empanacombi

Empanacombi

Empanacombi produces high quality empanadas, baked and frozen food products that are sold in coffee shops and convenience stores throughout the country, as well as through their own catering business. By training people with disabilities in baking and catering, Empanacombi supports them with accessing quality jobs, improving their livelihoods, and becoming more visible members of Peruvian society.

Estrafalario

Estrafalario

Estrafalario produces a line of trendy ethical fashion products sold online and at their stores.  The enterprise trains and employs survivors of domestic violence, women who are incarcerated, and low-income single mothers, to create their line of clothing and accessories. 

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ABEX
AFIMAD
Agil
Alta Montaña
ALTRNTV
Apoena
Apromayo
Arte Social Cooperative
Asoprocegua
ASSOAB
Atelierul de Pânză
Bendito Residuo
BioIncos
Box Elyte
Café Orígenes
Cattleya
Cedros Café
Chunaky Baru
COAS
COOPAFLORA
CORPAPA
Cuencas del Huallaga
Diaspora.Black
Disruptia
Ecocitex
Ekoinbud
Empanacombi
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