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Senior Citizen Home Safety Association
The Senior Citizen Home Safety Association (SCHSA) seeks to address the issue of ageing. Using integrated information and communication technologies, SCHSA provides elderly subscribers with 24-hour live operator assistance. In addition to emergency notification services, SCHSA also offers social...
Refugehouse Cameroon
Refugehouse Cameroon is an organisation that works for less privileged people, including the poor, the elderly, homeless people and children. The organisation distributes food and medicine, and provides housing, schooling and school equipment. Refugehouse also undertakes relief activities during...
Freeset
Freeset is a fair trade business that offers employment to women trapped in Kolkota's sex trade. It makes quality jute bags and organic cotton t-shirts, but Freeset's business is freedom. The objective of Freeset is to see the 10,000 sex workers in its neighborhood empowered with the choice of...
Radiant Cosmetics
Radiant Cosmetic is a social enterprise whose mission is to garner awareness for human trafficking by raising funds through cosmetics, to provide resources for those on the forefront of change as well as victims of trafficking. Considering that the cosmetics industry generates $170 billion...
Body Shop & MTV partner with NGO to help prevent HIV/AIDS
To illustrate the power of the word Yes when it comes to safe sex, The Body Shop and MTV Networks International have created a one minute promotional film, "Yes, Yes, Yes to Safe Sex". The film shows young people from different backgrounds illustrating the film's message in various ways.
Body Shop campaign 'Trafficking is torture' to support the Helen Bamber Foundation.
At least 4,000 women and girls are trafficked into the UK each year and forced into prostitution. Trafficking for sexual exploitation doesn't just affect women, children are trafficked too. NOTE: this video contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing.
H&M gives back to the community
"Our Responsibility by H&M" is a short film about how H&M takes responsibility for how the company's operations affect people and the environment in connection with the production of its products.
LUSH lends its support to National Refugee Week 2009
Shoppers at cosmetics store LUSH have passed on their messages of support onto people seeking asylum and refugees as the high street chain marked national Refugee Week 2009. LUSH, which teamed up with Refugee Action for the second time to mark the annual celebrations, donated bars of LUSH soap. The...
Beluah London
Beulah London is a luxury fashion company, founded in 2011 by English aristocrat Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs and fashion designer Lavinia Brennan, that dedicates itself to social justice in its employment of Indian human trafficking victims to manufacture their clothing and accessories. The...
The Body Shop Foundation
In 2009, the Body Shop launched a 3-year strategic campaign in partnership with End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT). This was the first campaign of its kind between a major cosmetics company and an international network of local NGOs to...
World Shoppe launches new line of Fair Trade jewelry from South Africa at Beckman’s handcrafted gift show
World Shoppe debuted a new line of copper and brass jewelry with semi-precious gemstones from South Africa at the Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show ® Chicago in January 2010.
Micro Credit or Dignity Funds in Tunisia
ENDA helped Mohsen, a young man in Tunisia, to start his business though micro-credit. ENDA was founded as a multi-sectoral development microfinance institution focusing on environment, health, education, and youth activities in Tunisia.
Making Private Standards Work for You: A guide to private standards in the garments, footwear and furniture sectors
Today, more and more companies in developing countries and emerging economies are becoming global producers. The liberalisation of consumer markets provides these companies with opportunities for exporting their products to global markets where they are increasingly required to comply with...
Garnier raises money for disadvantaged children, whilst promoting sun safety at the Australian Open
Garnier supports the Kids Tennis Foundation, an Australian charity providing tennis coaching for financially and socially disadvantaged children.
Colgate-Palmolive is partnering with the Starlight Children's Foundation to help seriously-ill children
Colgate-Palmolive is partnering with the Starlight Children's Foundation to help seriously-ill children cope with the pain, fear and isolation that often accompanies serious illnesses, such as Sickle Cell Disease.
Colgate-Palmolive promotes breast cancer awareness with its partner organisations
Colgate-Palmolive, in conjunction with its partners, is dedicated to increasing awareness about the importance of getting regular mammograms.
Unilever, with support from NGOs, helps rural India through Project Shakti
Project Shakti is unleashing the potential of rural India and thus changing lives. It is ushering in prosperity and, more importantly, self-respect.
Trazar Inc,
Trazar Inc. is a Liberian company based in the United States with a branch office in Liberia. The company provides underprivileged children with school supplies, food and clothes. Trazar also runs a magazine dedicated to Liberian culture, fashion and talent and the promotion of Liberian heritage....
Vision Spring
VisionSpring is a social enterprise which aims to provide affordable eyeglasses and access to vision care to neglected communities across the developing world while providing sustainable jobs. It trains local villagers on how to conduct outreach and vision screenings and how to operate a...
Artisans du Monde
Artisans du Monde, established in 1974, was the precursor of the FairTrade movement in France. The organisation now acts as the distribution network for the movement in France, running shops that stock 100% FairTrade products. Artisans du Monde also has an educational and advocacy role. ...