The ultimate B Corp gift guide

I’ve compiled a list of some of my favourite Australian certified B Corps, offering products that are actually making the world a better place.

(Updated November 2024)

Adventures & outdoors

  • Intrepid Travel - the world’s largest purpose-led adventure travel brand. Creating positive change through the joy of travel.

  • memobottle - a reusable water bottle aiming to challenge how we think about water consumption, and to educate about the environmental costs of our modern conveniences.

  • RAW Travel - a selection of Australia and the world’s great walks, run by people who are passionate and experienced hikers themselves.

  • Zorali - outdoor clothing and gear. Mixing sustainable materials with stylish designs. Sustainable fabrics and ethical practices.

  • Patagonia - one of the original B Corps, and has an epic repair guarantee.

  • Kathmandu - outdoor gear with a goal of having 100% of their products designed, developed and manufactured using elements of circularity principles.

  • Ripcurl - a surf shop with apparel, gear, and other accessories so you can be ready for any adventure.

  • XTM - Making performance-focused, planet-friendly gear that gets people outside. From Torquay, mens and women’s gear.

  • Wild Earth - outdoor technical gear for hiking, camping, climbing, running, bikepacking.

 

Fashion

  • MJ Bale - an Australian-owned menswear brand, with a mission is to forge positive footprints, doing right by our customers and community, so they can do right by the world.

  • Solbari - Australian designed, tried, and tested UPF 50+ sun protective clothing, sun hats and accessories that empower you to live a sun smart life.

  • The Sussan Group - a company that is led and owned by women. Globally, women are disproportionately affected by social and climate issues, yet they hold immense potential to drive change. The Sussan Group are dedicated to empowering women to lead this positive transformation, believing firmly that when women rise, we all rise.

  • Kitx - through the principles of regeneration: rewild, renew and rehome, KITX is committed to solution driven initiatives harnessing the transformative power of collaboration to help deliver much needed positive change in the fashion industry.

  • Citizen Wolf - their Magic Fit® algorithm uses only your height, weight and age to create tees, polos and sweats custom-made to fit your body. Zero inventory means zero waste and zero garments sent to landfill. Alterations are free. Our factory is ethically certified. And every Citizen Wolf Tee is made in Sydney within 10 days and with 48% less carbon.

  • Camilla - intricate, artistic prints, globe-trotting aesthetic and innovative designs.

  • Outland Denim - human rights woven right into your jeans.

  • Kowtow - Made in Harmony with the Natural World. All Organic Cotton.

  • Clothing the Gaps - Aboriginal social enterprise uniting people through fashion and cause. Re-investing in impact.

  • The Common Good Company - sustainable and ethical apparel made from 100% recycled materials (does custom branding).

  • Bassike - ready-to-wear, organic jersey, denim & accessories, responsibly made in Australia.

  • Arnsdorf - a modern womenswear brand, based on a foundation of transparency, ethical manufacturing and sustainability.

  • Will & Bear - fair trade, sustainable and ethically handmade hats from natural fibres. One tree planted for every hat sold.

  • Ozeano - plant based, handmade Australian sunglasses. With every sale, they fund the removal of 12kg of marine litter from our oceans and waterways (equivalent to over 900 plastic bottles), as well as funding an eye care operation to restore vision for a person in need.

  • Boody - The Official Underwear of the Entire Planet, with certified organically grown bamboo and a recycling program.

  • The Very Good Bra - the world's first zero post-consumer waste bra in 26 sizes.

  • Underwear for Humanity - ultra-sustainable underwear brand that believes in conscious consumption. Really great undies, with really great impact. A one-for-one model, every item bought donates undies to women in need.

  • Modibodi - leak-proof apparel, designing underwear, swimwear, active wear, dance wear, maternity wear and reusable nappies to replace disposable hygiene products and offer a sustainable solution to manage periods, incontinence, discharge, breast milk leaks, sweat and more.

  • Bondi Born - swimwear with every fabric consciously sourced for sustainable certification and Climate Neutral Certified.

  • Merchants of the Sun - mens premium, handcrafted jewellery.

  • State of Escape - bags for women. Collections are carefully curated through a made-to-order model, reducing seasonal wastage, and discouraging over-consumption.

Update (November 2022) - Vogue has collated a list of 15 fashion brands with the B Corp tick of approval. See here.

 

Footwear

  • FRANKIE4 - an Australian, podiatrist-founded footwear label, created to support the wellbeing of women worldwide through style and innovation.

  • RM Williams - boots and belts, along with apparel, accessories and lifestyle products.

  • Twoobs - a vegan and environmentally-focused footwear brand.

  • Allbirds - the world's most comfortable shoes, flats, and clothing made with natural materials like merino wool and eucalyptus.

  • Etiko - fairtrade and sustainable streetwear. Great alternatives to Converse, I can attest to how comfy the sneakers are!

  • TOMS - footwear that improve lives. For every $3 they make, they give $1 away.

  • Indosole (made from 100% recycled tyres, a great Haviana replacement)

  • Bared footwear - mindfully-crafted shoes that feel good and do good. Transforming the footwear industry, the brand is dedicated to sourcing sustainable materials, empowering disadvantaged communities and recycling shoes to ensure they don’t end up in landfill.

Creative

  • Karst Stone Paper - made from sustainably recycled stone, and without any bleaches or acids, Karst Stone Paper is rebuilt from first principles to be better than wood-pulp paper: more durable, more sustainable, and infinitely smoother to write, scribble, doodle or draw on.

  • Bellroy - a company making products that carry things. Bellroy’s bags, wallets and accessories are made using environmentally sustainable materials like recycled and plant-derived fabrics, as well as premium quality leather with the least environmental impact.

 

Booze

  • Unico Zelo and Applewood Distillery (I rate their gin very highly!). Crafting drinks in the most sustainable and non-impactful way possible.

  • Jervis Bay Brewing Company - delicious craft beers that bring people and communities closer together.

  • Cape Byron Distillery - sustainable gin and whisky with an on-farm closed-loop distillation process.

  • Minimum Wines - Mindful wines, with respect for the land they come from, and the people who drink them.

    Beer

  • Stone & Wood - beer from the Northern Rivers. To them, good means more than just the quality or the taste of the beer, it reflects how they fulfil their role as the local brewer and encapsulates how they work with the environment and give back to the community.

  • 4 Pines - an Australian craft brewery committed to reducing their impact.

  • Capital Brewing Co - Australia’s first brewery to achieve both B Corp certification and Climate Active carbon neutral certification for their entire organisation and all of their products. Based in the ACT.

  • Somm Wine Store (Gold Coast) - a boutique wine store with an ethos revolving around championing small, family-owned producers committed to crafting wine with reverence for the land, community and planet.

  • Heaps Normal - non-alcoholic beer that tastes so good you won’t miss the alcohol.

  • Brick Lane Brewing - Australia’s largest independent brewery and the country’s fourth largest beer producer. Aiming to achieve its objective of True Zero beer by 2025.

 

Homewares + furniture

  • Koskela, a space for innovative & inspiring furniture & homewares. Impeccable quality & low impact on the environment. Made in Australia.

  • Jardan - an Australian family-owned furniture business. Every Jardan piece is crafted to order in Melbourne, with care and precision, by hand.

  • David Trubridge - a lighting and furniture design studio.

  • Limited edition fine art prints by yours truly!

  • Armadillo - handmade rugs that lie lightly on this earth. My house is full of these beauties.

  • Go Kindly - high quality Australian made bedding, donating 50% of profits to support women experiencing housing stress.

  • Pony Rider - textiles using sustainable materials (cushions, throws, wall art, bedding, accessories.

  • In Bed - bedding, sleepwear, kitchen and bathroom accessories.

  • Ettitude - sustainable bamboo lyocell bedding.

  • Salty Aura - hemp bed linen and recycled throw rugs

  • Totem Road - a sustainable furniture company, dedicated to bringing you modern, simple pieces without any hidden costs to the environment.

  • Ecosa - 100% Carbon-Neutral mattresses, bedding and bedroom furniture.

  • Koala - designing ethical, sustainable mattresses, bedding and bedroom furniture from start to end. I have three mattresses from Koala, and rate them highly.

  • Eva - more mattresses, bedding and bedroom furniture!

  • Go Kindly - Pillows, quilts and mattresses. 50% of profits used to support women experiencing housing stress & homelessness. Sustainable. Conscious. Making the world kinder.

 

Coffee and tea

  • 23degrees - my coffee of choice - organic, fair trade coffee that supports female growers. Based in Melbourne.

  • Rumble Coffee - brewing up positive change. Based in Melbourne.

  • Jasper Coffee - Certified organic, fairtrade and carbon neutral coffee beans based in Melbourne.

  • Market Lane Coffee - committed to building a responsible and environmentally sustainable business with meaningful and transparent relationships across every facet of their supply chain. Also based in Melbourne.

  • Mikro Coffee - local community is a major beneficiary of Mikro Coffee Roasters with over 2% of sales donated directly to local charities, not-for-profit organizations and environmental recovery and revegetation projects. Based in Vic.

  • Sample Coffee - more good coffee, based in Sydney.

  • Pablo & Rusty’s - Positive Impact Coffee. Carbon Neutral Certified. Proudly 1% for the Planet. Based in Sydney.

  • Montville Coffee - Fairtrade certified organic specialty coffee roasters in QLD.

  • T2 - Sustainably sourced teas with recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging, and plant-based teabags.

  • KeepCup - the world's first barista standard reusable coffee cup. Also sells water bottles.

  • Huskee cups - a modular, reusable cup for the home, cafe, or takeaway that repurposes waste coffee husk, a by-product from the production of coffee.

  • Pargo - Australia's first insulated drinkware company with a strong commitment to giving back. With every sale, Project PARGO funds clean water projects by introducing water filters to communities in need.

  • Staytray - a reusable drinks tray. Designed to reduce single use consumption of disposable plastic and cardboard trays.

  • Great Wrap - the only Australian made compostable stretch wrap.

 

Skincare

  • Aesop - vegan skincare committed to giving back more than they take. Climate neutral and committed to net zero by 2030.

  • Jurlique - natural skin care.

  • Eco Ocean Haircare/EverCircle - high-quality, ocean-friendly haircare products for women.

  • Lumira - fragrances made from the finest natural and sustainable ingredients, ensuring that their products are as kind to the environment as they are enchanting to the senses.

  • The Body Shop - A force for good in beauty since ‘76. Ingredients powered by nature. No animal testing and community fair trade.

  • BEAR - essential daily vitamins, superpowders and skincare. Carbon positive, vegan & organic.

  • Flora & Fauna - Australia's largest cruelty free and vegan shop with exclusive eco friendly products.

  • Biome - be the change for your health, pets and nature with the safest, natural, ethical, organic, sustainable, vegan and waste-free products.

  • Ethique - Say no to plastic bottles with their handcrafted solid shampoos, conditioners, face and body, solid beauty bars.

  • Kester Black - lipstick, nail polish and remover. Leading a change for the better in the global beauty industry. To create ethical, cruelty-free products that don’t just make people feel good, but also do good for the world. My choice in nail polish!

  • Dr. Bronner’s - vegan and cruelty-free products for home, body and hair using the highest quality organic & fair trade, environmentally responsible ingredients. Dedicating their profits to help make a better world.

  • Sienna - luxe, non-toxic nail polish, made in a warehouse powered by renewables. They are gender inclusive, and their polishes are Wudu-friendly, meaning it’s suitable for people of Muslim faith to wear too.

  • Ellus & Krue - Australian skincare range using nature's most potent actives. Committed to furthering cancer and ageing research by donating 20% of the proceeds from every sale ongoing research into cancer and ageing to live better for longer.

  • Big Little Brush - a Melbourne based social enterprise that takes little things, like eco-friendly toothbrushes, and uses them to do great big things, like funding health and hygiene programs in remote Indigenous communities around Australia.

 

Eat

  • Red Gum BBQ - Australia’s largest craft beer and BBQ joint in Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula. Selling sauces and meat rubs online.

  • Cannings butcher - their produce is not only free range, but hormone & antibiotic free.

  • Little Sky Gelato - small batch gelato created in Bayside, Melbourne

  • Emma & Toms - juice and healthy drinks that aim to give back to others.

  • Fix & Fogg - meaningful, sustainable, delicious nut butters. Palm oil free. Gluten free. Non GMO. Vegan.

  • Eat Me Chutney’s - mission is to tackle food system injustices by creating socially good jars of chutneys. They have set out to tackle two issues in our current food system: 1) wastage of wonky and bruised produce and 2) unfair trade terms for farmers in developing nations.

Pets

  • Scratch - honestly good dog food.

  • Dog by Dr Lisa - DOG and CAT by Dr Lisa are natural skincare, lifestyle and health products. The biodegradable, refillable, and recyclable products are made in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Lyka - disrupting the dog food industry by providing a healthy alternative to highly-processed and unnatural dog food.

  • Bohemi - Natural hemp pet accessories. Designed and created by us with your dog's health + the environment in mind. Giving back 5% of all sales, donating to Animal Rescue and Environmental Organisations.

Wellbeing

  • Golden Grind

  • Elementelle Probiotics - have a deep social conscience and proud to be Certified Carbon Neutral, purpose before profit; and supporting future minds that are change makers, and communities and causes in need.

Gift boxes + flowers

  • Bindle - sustainable and local curated gift hampers.

  • Florada - a Sydney-based low waste florist, provides Australian grown and thoughtfully designed flowers to reduce environmental impact.

Kids

  • Olliella - creates timeless pieces that continue to be loved through the generations with emphasis on diversity and social inclusion.

Cleaning

  • Pleasant State - working towards a world free of toxic cleaning chemicals and single-use plastics with our range of ethical products that make home care a form of self-care

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marnie Hawson

A purpose first photographer, increasing impact for those making a difference.

http://www.marniehawson.com.au
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